I bought a Scorpion sailboat which is similiar to a Sunfish and I don't have a forum to post in other than here. I was wondering if I could post also. The boat I bought came with the mast bent or angled back. Supposedly that is the way they are made. The trouble is the head clearance when the boom swings plus it almost drags in the water. Anyone ever heard of such a thing or could I put a Sunfish mast in its place or try bending mine. Maybe thats the way it is. I tried to upload some attachments. Any help much appreciated.
I don't know much about the Scorpion boats, but I think you just got yourself a plain old bent mast. None of the other pictures I can find online show a boat with an intentional bend in the mast.
That being said, You would have to find the original specs for the mast to see if you can use a sunfish mast or not. But my guess is that you could as long as the diameter is the same.
You have a bent mast and it will affect performance and probably continue to bend or even break when you least want it to. You can try to straighten it, but it may well re-bend at the same point in the future.
Post the specs (length, diamater) and somebody here (Wayne?) can tell you if a Sunfish mast is interchangeable.
I agree - I LOVE that colors on the sail. I almost bought a Scorpion with the exact same colored sail about 6 or 7 years ago, but it was priced too high.