papayamon2 said:Hi,
Quick question: How much does a second person degrade performance (especially speed) on a 14' Sunfish? I weigh 170 lbs and my wife is 120 lbs. Is that going to be too much? I've been looking for a smaller monohull (smaller than my 18' Prindle cat, that is), and I like the Sunfish for several reasons. However, is this basically going to be a boat for sailing solo?
Thanks!
Kevin
papayamon2 said:Hi,
Quick question: How much does a second person degrade performance (especially speed) on a 14' Sunfish? I weigh 170 lbs and my wife is 120 lbs. Is that going to be too much? I've been looking for a smaller monohull (smaller than my 18' Prindle cat, that is), and I like the Sunfish for several reasons. However, is this basically going to be a boat for sailing solo?
Thanks!
Kevin
I catch my life vest on the sheet as well. CAn you explain exactly what you did to prevent this?As Mike mentioned, speed is not an issue. I am 140 and my son is 100. We used to set the boom low and we had not much problems to turn. I just have to watch that my life jacket doesn't catch the sheet line along the boom. We capsized once because of that! Since then I have attached a short rope in the middle of the boom, so the sheet doesn't bother anymore.
This summer I have put the boom in recreational position. I had a good view under the sail but I felt the boat was more sensitive to heel but I don't know if it was really the case. Next year I will lower the boom again.
The best way to help prevent this is to use main sheet hangers. You can get them at Intensity Sails for very little money.
I have the Intensity hangars on my '71 (Ruby) and they work well. Never get hung up. I just ordered these plastic mainsheet guides from AeroSouth for my '77. I'll let you all know how they compare.
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just curious,...what's the maximum capacity?
A quick correction on my earlier post. The above photo shows only two main sheet clips. However I believe they will ship three. If that’s the case, I think that will completely eliminate the mainsheet getting caught on my lifejacket during a tack.I have the Intensity hangars on my '71 (Ruby) and they work well. Never get hung up. I just ordered these plastic mainsheet guides from AeroSouth for my '77. I'll let you all know how they compare.
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I just ordered these plastic mainsheet guides from AeroSouth for my '77. I'll let you all know how they compare.
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I’ve also seen 10 kids at a minimum of 75 lbs each on a Sunfish and it stayed above water!
I’d imagine that your cone head is more likely to jam into things, just in general.And also if it’s easy to jam your noggin into it.
True that!I’d imagine that your cone head is more likely to jam into things, just in general.
The really sad thing is I can only give this one “like”I’d imagine that your cone head is more likely to jam into things, just in general.
I’ve used the AeroSouth mainsheet bangers all summer and I really like them. They rotate as needed during tacking and look sharp as well.Im interested to know if these have too much friction to make it easy to sheet out in light air - And also if it’s easy to jam your noggin into it.