The newest Sunfish ($5500 in 2020) are doing the same thing--with less wind!
Two Bonaire Sunfish showed cracks adjacent to the mast step, consistent with a hard-driven mast.
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2019 Sunfish Worlds boat: deck failure
I purchased a 2020 event boat, and had it shipped. Boat arrived in great shape except for a gauge in the bottom from the mast. I fixed this myself and went on. The boat arrived in the winter and was washed, waxed and put in storage. I pulled the boat out this week, and the deck around the...sailingforums.com
'Course, the obstruction could have been some misplaced common critter found near shorelines.
...consistent with a hard-driven mast.
Good point! And I believe Cactus Cowboy pointed out the splashrail may be mis -mounted too.Based on the compound around the mast and the misalignment of the halyard cleat and non OEM halyard fairlead there has been a repair there before, evidently a poor one.
Great little light.Meh, here's the utility light or lamp, it's my go-to light for just about everything now, unless I know I'm gonna need a headlamp. Here it is:
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You can see how the case or cover is starting to get scuffed up, as I use this thing quite often. Since it is fairly small, it easily fits through a hole cut in the deck of any boat, and the broad side or bank of LEDs is nice & bright... there's also a smaller cluster of LEDs at one end which produces a narrower beam, guess I failed to catch that in the pics, LOL. ***"YOU'RE FIRED!!!"*** Meh, it's a decent little light, whenever it dies I'll go to the trouble of ordering a couple more from HF, aye?