Hey all,
I am new to this forum and to the Sunfish-owner family, though I learned to sail on a Sunfish (that's about all I know how to sail!) and once built a Sunfish-sized sailboat myself. (My mistake. I thought it would be cheaper. It was not. I learned a lot, though.) I was able to pick up one, with a trailer (needs one new tire, but I got it home) for $500 on Craigslist. It looks to be in pretty decent shape. From what I can tell from reading the forum, this thing is quite a bit older than I expected - pre-1972, as it has the old rudder hardware. I was looking for any other markings that might ID it, and I eventually found this number on the side of the rudder bracket (sorry if that's not what it's called, but I mean the metal piece attached to the hull that the rudder in turn attaches to. I have attached a pic of it.
I ask because it looks like it was stamped on there instead of molded onto it like the letters on the top, which read ALCORT Inc. USA, WATERBURY CT., and PAT. 2675775
Is this some kind of proto-hull ID number, or serial number? I have read the PDFs and a few pages about hull IDs, Sunfish history, etc. and nobody mentions a number like this (or I missed it).
Here's a shot of it on the trailer. I think someone painted the hull as the gray is slowly wearing off. It looks like it was white on all of the outside, with a blue wheel well and splash guard originally.
I am new to this forum and to the Sunfish-owner family, though I learned to sail on a Sunfish (that's about all I know how to sail!) and once built a Sunfish-sized sailboat myself. (My mistake. I thought it would be cheaper. It was not. I learned a lot, though.) I was able to pick up one, with a trailer (needs one new tire, but I got it home) for $500 on Craigslist. It looks to be in pretty decent shape. From what I can tell from reading the forum, this thing is quite a bit older than I expected - pre-1972, as it has the old rudder hardware. I was looking for any other markings that might ID it, and I eventually found this number on the side of the rudder bracket (sorry if that's not what it's called, but I mean the metal piece attached to the hull that the rudder in turn attaches to. I have attached a pic of it.
I ask because it looks like it was stamped on there instead of molded onto it like the letters on the top, which read ALCORT Inc. USA, WATERBURY CT., and PAT. 2675775
Is this some kind of proto-hull ID number, or serial number? I have read the PDFs and a few pages about hull IDs, Sunfish history, etc. and nobody mentions a number like this (or I missed it).
Here's a shot of it on the trailer. I think someone painted the hull as the gray is slowly wearing off. It looks like it was white on all of the outside, with a blue wheel well and splash guard originally.