Hi everyone,
I beach-launched my 1984 Sunfish for the first time yesterday, and broke the auto-bailer twice. The pins bent out enough to let the ball escape when I first set it in the sand from the trailer. I replaced the ball and gently bent the pins back, and it worked fine while I was out, but when I came back to shore, the beach must have knocked one of the pins out and I lost the ball for good.
Has this happened to anyone else, and is there a way to avoid it? (I never dragged the boat backwards, by the way). And to fix this, has anyone tried replacing the pins with some glue-in nails, or do I need a whole new bailer assembly?
Thanks in advance,
-Greg
I beach-launched my 1984 Sunfish for the first time yesterday, and broke the auto-bailer twice. The pins bent out enough to let the ball escape when I first set it in the sand from the trailer. I replaced the ball and gently bent the pins back, and it worked fine while I was out, but when I came back to shore, the beach must have knocked one of the pins out and I lost the ball for good.
Has this happened to anyone else, and is there a way to avoid it? (I never dragged the boat backwards, by the way). And to fix this, has anyone tried replacing the pins with some glue-in nails, or do I need a whole new bailer assembly?
Thanks in advance,
-Greg