Amfab
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I am new to the Minifish and my sunfish does not have this strap eye. What is it for?
Thank you
-Andrew
Thank you
-Andrew
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What is the black ring on the eye? Is it rubber in order to allow some give?Daggerboard retaining line. Ever notice the 1/4 inch hole on the daggerboard cleat, which is usually packed with dirt? The line's purpose is to keep the daggerboard from floating off after a capsize, so you don't have to swim after it.
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You can add it to your Sunfish, or use the bungee. The deck is strong enough to just put a couple of wood screws through pilot holes, if it pulls out you have bigger problems. There is no backer block for those screws. We upgraded Skipper's 1965 ALcort Sunfish WAVE.
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Thanks!No the black ring is a tarnished stainless ring. At one point we tried a short bungee from that ring around the daggerboard blade, but found that the line could jam down into the trunk. We also have tied on a snap shackle to the end of the retaining line, so that the line could be clipped on anf off easily and save us from tying a bowline.