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Are the spars wood too?The seller has indicated that the boat dates to the late 50's, if it was 60's he thought it would have to be the early 60's. My though is that it is an original kit Sunfish.
I've only seen it in the drawings for the original home-builts. The practice seemed to disappear when the boats were kit up.Not sure if the kits were sold with a combination wood aluminum mast or not but I will know more when I see the boat.
Grab some pictures even if you don't end up buying the boatI spoke to the seller and the hull has no serial number badge that he is aware of and the sail is a heavier grade of Nylon then the original, so I am assuming that the latter has happened. The first owner either ripped a sail or upgraded to race perhaps and the mast was swapped out at that point along with the sail. I will know more this week-end however.
Sending flowers and chocolates might be a good way to start things off.Please help me date this boat. - Thanks
Mid-1950sI just spoke to the owner and the Sunfish has wooden spars and the combo aluminium/wood mast combo. It also has a rounder combing as opposed to the "v" combing on the later models. Rope binding on the sail to spars connection?