Thanks Charlie, I've been reading your blog files about your restoration before starting my own (thanks for your posts). Based on what I read on your site, I may add hiking straps next to each rail and (eventually) replace the short dagger board with a more recent, longer model. Thanks for the suggestions on the coming and rubrail.She looks great, happy scraping. We finished our restoration earlier this year. One thing we found unusual but very helpful was the toerail, it offered just enough real estate to put a heel on and stay on the boat. Our boat also had a rubrail and a coaming, it might have been the "Deluxe 14" that Alcort advertised in the early 1950s, before Sunfish appeared. You might consider adding it especially if you are going with a bright finish, it would make a nice racing stripe.
Our restoration.
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Charlie, thanks again for the advise. Quick questions. First, if I replace the 31" daggerboard with a longer model, do you also recommend replacing the spoon-shapped rudder with a more modern design? If so, will a modern, wood sunfish rudder require much modification to work with the brass sailfish hardware ( I gather from your blog a modern gudgeon is too long for the sailfish)?