We were procrastinating on the Catfish repairs and wooden Sunfish build, so what better way to get over that than to buy a sunburnt 1964 ALCORT Sunfish off of fb Marketplace? Threw a dolly on the ole picker trailer and off we went to Waverly, VA.
They were asking $700 and had a sad medical story, so we humbly paid $700. They didn't know how to sail and had traded services for the boat, never got around to sailing, so her history is cloaked. All the period correct parts are mostly there, the hull was light, spars semi straight, factory blades with only a little flaking bondo. Sail...yes, there is a factory sail. Loading was easy peasy.
The deck was a dark red/maroon, and other than the burnt gelcoat it is pristine. It will be interesting to see if wet sanding produces an acceptable return to glory. And yes, the hole is supposed to be there in the Serial No. plate, that's the hull vent for early 60s boats. Original hull color visible through the vent hole.
It seems she had a lady skipper at one point.
Sunfish circa this age had hull drains on both sides. We're missing a cap on this side and the entire drain housing missing on the other side.
Hopefully I can save the bolt from the corroded nut.
I suspect a fracture here, an air leak test will tell the whole story. The rest of the hull is in great shape. Did I mention she's light?
Probably will swap out the bow line...and bow handle unless it will polish a bit. All of the backer blocks are solid.
This is a factory sail. not period correct, notorious for having the logo bleed onto other panels. It has mouse holes and torn grommets, we may repurpose it into sail bags. I told Skipper I wanted to run it through the washing machine, and she said "after you wash all the spider nests off of it." Hose down complete.
I've shown Skipper about 10-15 Sunfish over the last year, this one spoke to her. It spoke to me also. ANd in one of life's strange coincidences, we independently came up with the same name...ANNA. Our good friend Murray's sweet wife was named ANNA. And recently we met a nice young girl named ANNA who wants to learn to sail.
Here's ANNA tucked away in the Carriage House with her Nutshell Pram Sister EXCUSE ME. Swapping sea stories. Two hours of TETRIS were required to get to this point involving two garages and the Sunfish Shack, but that's a story for another time.
Pop quiz time: What's the next thing we'll do to ANNA?
They were asking $700 and had a sad medical story, so we humbly paid $700. They didn't know how to sail and had traded services for the boat, never got around to sailing, so her history is cloaked. All the period correct parts are mostly there, the hull was light, spars semi straight, factory blades with only a little flaking bondo. Sail...yes, there is a factory sail. Loading was easy peasy.
The deck was a dark red/maroon, and other than the burnt gelcoat it is pristine. It will be interesting to see if wet sanding produces an acceptable return to glory. And yes, the hole is supposed to be there in the Serial No. plate, that's the hull vent for early 60s boats. Original hull color visible through the vent hole.
It seems she had a lady skipper at one point.
Sunfish circa this age had hull drains on both sides. We're missing a cap on this side and the entire drain housing missing on the other side.
Hopefully I can save the bolt from the corroded nut.
I suspect a fracture here, an air leak test will tell the whole story. The rest of the hull is in great shape. Did I mention she's light?
Probably will swap out the bow line...and bow handle unless it will polish a bit. All of the backer blocks are solid.
This is a factory sail. not period correct, notorious for having the logo bleed onto other panels. It has mouse holes and torn grommets, we may repurpose it into sail bags. I told Skipper I wanted to run it through the washing machine, and she said "after you wash all the spider nests off of it." Hose down complete.
I've shown Skipper about 10-15 Sunfish over the last year, this one spoke to her. It spoke to me also. ANd in one of life's strange coincidences, we independently came up with the same name...ANNA. Our good friend Murray's sweet wife was named ANNA. And recently we met a nice young girl named ANNA who wants to learn to sail.
Here's ANNA tucked away in the Carriage House with her Nutshell Pram Sister EXCUSE ME. Swapping sea stories. Two hours of TETRIS were required to get to this point involving two garages and the Sunfish Shack, but that's a story for another time.
Pop quiz time: What's the next thing we'll do to ANNA?
I sold the complete Porpoise II for $320, so I doubled my investment!
