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  1. Sailing Sasha

    Rudder Repair

    Hi everybody, last fall I bought my first real sailboat, a Pearson 24! Unfortunately the day I bought it and took it for a sail a piece of fiberglass delaminated from the rudder. When I took the boat out of the water for the season, I discovered that it actually is a solid wooden rudder, and a...
  2. Sailing Sasha

    Hull Repair Advice for a "Sunfish Clone"

    Now before anyone gets mad at me for posting about an imitation sunfish in the Sunfish Forum, here me out! I have a Lockley-Newport Panther that is essentially the same thing as a Sunfish, so I imagine the hull repair would be the same, hence this seemed the most relevant place to ask. Also...
  3. M

    Deck Repair: Holes, Flanges, and Gouges Oh my!

    I am in the process of restoring a 1979 Sunfish for my 11 year old daughter. I have several questions, and yes many have been answered in other threads. But ,I sweat the small stuff. I spent 5 minutes debating if a colon is the correct punctuation in the title of this thread: or should it...
  4. E

    Mast step donut question - 1978 Laser

    Hello all, I'm a former Laser owner and have decided to get back into it by purchasing a relatively lightly used 1978 vintage Laser. Interestingly, it's about the same age as the boat that I used to sail some years ago. I have been reading a lot of posts about the mast step, and I'm preparing...
  5. L&VW

    Deck Repair Suggestions

    Supported by the tub, the inside edge has taken some hits. Over the years, this damage has progressed to the point that it has become a thorn in my backside. :confused:. I'll be using epoxy. That I can see, there's no alternative but to grind down into the edge of the tub, and build up several...
  6. L&VW

    Repairing leaky keel...

    While waiting for the hurricane to pass before sailing again, I noticed several breaks and some old repairs within two inches of the keel's center on my upside-down Sunfish. :( I couldn't find a local source for West Systems epoxy, so a major repair will have to wait until Spring. It sails OK...

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