I feel like I want to make myself one now and I measured these dimensions off of my current daggerboard so I'm confident in them. I would rather not use mahogany because of it's cost though. I'm thinking teak and then sealing it with a commercial product. Does this sound good?It should be possible to get a 2nd hand wooden board for less than $300. Alan Glos has one, it looks like; see the For Sale section.
But if you really want to make one yourself, you should make one that mimics the 'current' (plastic fantastic) board in dimensions.
PS: Mahogany is the preferred wood (expensive); there's a fair amount of info on this topic on this Forum. Just use the Search function.
Yeah white oak is also being recommended a lot so I'll ask a carpender or someone what they think.I used white oak for my tiller. It didn't seem very porus at all, and didn't absorb any varnish. Sanded it to a beautifully smooth finish and coated it. It came out looking awesome. The wood is very rigid, when sailing hard against 20mph winds it only bowed a tiny bit under the pressure.
I saw a pic on here somewhere with the dimensions and shapes of all the sunfish daggerboard generations. I'll see if I can locate it. I also would like to try to make one, mine is is rough shape and I find wood way more attractive than FRP.
I left my dagger board on the ramp two weeks ago and someone stole it. However, I made a new one out of a pine wood board, gave it several coats of yaght varnish and it performs really well. It may not last more than a year but for 20.00 euros or about $30.00 I am not complaining. Better than $300.00+ for a new one.It upsets me extremely that I can no longer find a wooden daggerboard anywhere and they no longer make them available on the official Sunfish website. I have looked for one extensively and they're either over $300 or plastic. Based upon this I decided to try and make my own. At this point I am not sure what type of wood I will use so please post a message of what type of wood would be best (and if you would a place to buy it). Below I will post my designs to do this if you see any problems or have a comment please let me know.
*3/4 Inch thick
Can you send me a picture so I can see how you did it?I left my dagger board on the ramp two weeks ago and someone stole it. However, I made a new one out of a pine wood board, gave it several coats of yaght varnish and it performs really well. It may not last more than a year but for 20.00 euros or about $30.00 I am not complaining. Better than $300.00+ for a new one.
Hi SeanFish. The dagger board is made from a jointed pine board and 36" long, 9 1/2" wide and 3/4" thick.Can you send me a picture so I can see how you did it?