do you mean let out the mainsheet? this will spill wind from the sail.The upper boom should be all the way to the top of the mast. You do have a daggerboard in, right? If you do have a daggerboard, then you need to let out on the halyard. Sailing a sunfish in those winds can be fairly difficult.
No, you cannot be seated in the cockpit with your legs out under those conditions (15-20 mph).We had a decent wind here today at 15-20 mph. Normally I sail a hobie wave but today I tried a sunfish. All was going well for a while then I tried to tack...bam I was in the water. After righting the boat I was off again. A few more minutes of good sailing then I tried to Jibe...bam in the water again. I'm not sure if I had too much or too little sail out. Also I keep thinking the boom is going to take my head off. Is there a trick for getting the boom a little higher? Can I sail seated in the cockpit with my legs out?
Dom
do you mean let out the mainsheet? this will spill wind from the sail.
Uh oh, I am now officially confused. I just bought an older Sunfish with a wooden daggerboard and was told by seller to put it in with the straight edge forward and the curve aft. This is wrong? Will it make a difference?The daggerboard in the diagram is the old wood Barrington board and it is in the correct way. The new plastic board would go in long edge forward.
The old wooden ones with a rounded tip do in fact go in long edge forward. It probably does not make much difference, but the long (straight) edge does go forward.Uh oh, I am now officially confused. I just bought an older Sunfish with a wooden daggerboard and was told by seller to put it in with the straight edge forward and the curve aft. This is wrong? Will it make a difference?
Hi Light and Variable, I'd bring up this spring thing to AQ Bill. He has taken quite an interest in how the rig ended up on the port side of the mast, and he might want to explore how the spring came to be where it is. I have no idea which side it belongs on, I have had a racing board for about 20 years, and it has no spring! Here is AQ Bill's thread on rig location - http://sailingforums.com/threads/a-theological-question-regarding-sunfish-rigging.30686/Is there a "rule" about which side the daggerboard's spring-clip should appear?"