Also the mast surround seems to be one piece with the deck.I just bought a super sailfish and don't know the year, haven't seen any serial numbers on it but it's been raining since I picked it up this weekend. It has an elephant ear rudder, aluminum mast and spars and a rotted sunfish sail. On first glance the boat appears to be fiberglass as the top seems to be a molded cap, but the top and bottom don't come together with a flange like you see on mkII's and sunfish, and it has the older logo plates as shown in the sunfish timeline elsewhere in the forum. I will try to add a few pics when the weather improves. Any help would be appreciated.
I found a serial number on the deck plate of the rudder assembly 1222. Here are some pics of the boat.I just bought a super sailfish and don't know the year, haven't seen any serial numbers on it but it's been raining since I picked it up this weekend. It has an elephant ear rudder, aluminum mast and spars and a rotted sunfish sail. On first glance the boat appears to be fiberglass as the top seems to be a molded cap, but the top and bottom don't come together with a flange like you see on mkII's and sunfish, and it has the older logo plates as shown in the sunfish timeline elsewhere in the forum. I will try to add a few pics when the weather improves. Any help would be appreciated.
Dang it. Nothing of the sort to date mine.I found a serial number on the deck plate of the rudder assembly 1222. Here are some pics of the boat.View attachment 47240View attachment 47242View attachment 47243View attachment 47244View attachment 47245View attachment 47246View attachment 47247View attachment 47248
That’s pretty peaceful! Air doesn’t get much lighter.SUP... Sit On Top Kayak...Swim Platform...and it takes very little wind to get her going, just a whisper. Ghosting around in a light breeze is one of my favorite conditions, and an excellent time to train new crew.
Our SMall Boats Magazine article on the Sailfish: Super Sailfish - Small Boats Magazine
That in itself may give you a date range, as in there were no serial numbers before X date. There is a sunfish timeline in here somewhere that goes over serial numbers that seems to apply to both sunfish and sailfish, that may help.Dang it. Nothing of the sort to date mine.
Can do. I already took a bunch of pictures for ID purposes, thinking that it would be tricky, and then felt like maybe I had overdone it when I found this thread that gave an answer based on just one picture.That should be about right, for all Alcort Sailfish and Sunfish. Around 1963 or so they went to a metal tag that wad affixed to the deck, on the fiberglass Sailfish it was on the mast step, and on the Sunfish it was just aft of the coaming. We'd love to see more photos.
You need the tube - it is essential. Once the rudder is down it prevents the piece on the bottom of the hull from moving side to side. That prevents the rudder from popping up under way ina breeze.OK thanks. I have some tubing of various diameters on hand so I'll try that if I want to activate this feature. But it may not be necessary, if I'm going to be doing other bits of rigging while standing in the water anyway.