Mashmaster
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As of today, my son and I own a 1970 (as far as I can tell) Sunfish. Everything is in good shape. We are excited to sail on her.
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Thanks, one thing I have seen is a PVC holder for the spars. I'll look into the book.
Thinking of my Sunfish spars, I rescued a 20-foot length of PVC tube from a dumpster and dragged it home. 'Great (!) that the dumpster was just across the street, 'cuz I could barely lift it!Thanks, one thing I have seen is a PVC holder for the spars. I'll look into the book.
The mast is 10-ft but the booms are almost 14-ft long - if you meant keeping the sail/boom/mast in a pvc tube, you’ll need a 14-ft pvc pipe.
If you meant little pvc jigs that sit on the hull, go for it - any device to help hold the sail stuff off the deck when transporting is an improvement.
Her name is PrädəjēCongratulations! What's her name?
For the spars, just wrap an old towel around them to pad, over the splashguard and back by the bridle. I'd rather rub the splashguard a bit then have something bouncing in the mast step going down the road.
Should I replace the old brass rudder system with the newer style? No.
How are the sails from Intensity sails, what is a race cut sail? They are nice. A race cut has fuller draft cut into it. Not needed if you plan to sail for fun. For $250 you can get a real nice sail from Laser Performance with a nice cut. The Mai Tai sail pops on the water.
There isn't a hiking strap, is it possible to add one? Yes. We've never needed one for recreational sailing.
Her name appears curiously Slavic in origin, so I looked it up. The name is connected to a Miami, FL, recording group named Mixmaster—logical enough.Her name is Prädəjē good point about the maststep, thanks. The current sail has seen its day. I am guessing it is original from 1970. They were little holes I could see through on it. My son is a Sea Scout and wants to race against his buddies in our Ship's other Sunfish. He likes to the get the boat moving and has always used a hiking strap.
Sounds awesome. You didn't mention that your Son wants to race in your original question. If the racing is more than just goof off racing then you'll want to upgrade to the new rudder system. And the new infused rudder blade, daggerboard, tiller with extension.....
We have some very knowledgable racers in the Forum, they'll be along shortly to advise. It is also possible to add the hiking strap, we haven't explored that yet.
So we say Welcome Aboard to Prädəjē . Take pictures!
Cheers
Clark and Skipper