Especially with the trailer, that'd be a tempting buy—even for me. (And I've picked up my 6th Sunfish this weekend!I got a holder earlier this year but this Sunfish came up locally for $600 so I couldn’t resist. One owner I think it’s a 72. Craziest thing is it came with the original manual in mint condition. It also has the cleanest bottom I have seen. Don’t think it has ever seen a rock bottom. Sails will need to be replaced soon and I will have to refinish the rudder and centerboard. However the main repair is gonna be 2 fiberglass patches. Previous owner obvious didn’t know how to use fiber glass
Nope self bailer is on the left if you look really close. So I am trying to get his thing in the water ASAP. I want to make sure its ready. I should have no problem refinishing the centerboard and rudder since I just had this done on the holder. There are a few chips in the hull I think I will repair with marine tex. The crack in the bucket that was poorly patched looks like it would be more trouble than its worth to repair. My main concern is that poorly patched area on the back. I don't have any experience working with fiberglass, but I think I can do a better job than that. Any suggestions on how to go about it? Should I cut around, glue some fiberglass as a backing, make a patch and then fill in the edges with thickened epoxy? Or should I make a backing, sand and start laying matte fiberglass and then filler on the top?
BTW for a dry boat should I install 1 or 2 inspection ports?
If convection is too slow, get a 4-inch muffin fan:The chance of a mid 70's Sunfish not leaking is small to none. They were never expected to be in service for so long. I just use a 50 cc syringe to suck the water out after sailing. With both ports open the deck heats up in the Sun and convection dries out the hull.