KSmit
New Member
Good morning all,
My name is Kevin and I am new here! I am not a sailor and strangely I have no real desire to learn to sail, but I have a slight addiction to refinishing these little sunfish sailboats! They are simple, and a lot of fun to work with (on land anyways!). This winter I started with a fiberglass boat that my neighbor had been swindled into buying from CL. It was a sentimental purchase for her as she had a few sunfish growing up, so when she seen one posted for sale on CL she purchased it more for nostalgic value than anything else. However when the boat was delivered it weighed about 400lbs and was waterlogged beyond belief! Long story short, she wanted to throw it away, so I pulled it into the garage and began working on it for her and so began the addiction.
3 fiberglass sunfish later I run across an old wood sunfish that had been held up in a shed in PA. From what I know, the original owner ordered it as a kit in the late 50’s, early 60’s and built it in the same shed. Sailed it a few times and then it sat for several years before someone took a crack at refinishing the boat, and then it sat again. Fast forward 40 years or so and I find it! I brought the boat home and started cranking away at it, and it turns out that it’s a beautiful boat!
As I have no desire to sail it, or keep it, I will be looking to sell it in order to fund my next project but I cannot find ANY information on how to price this thing! Most of the adds I find for wood sunfish are several years old and the boats are in variable conditions, so I wanted to consult with those who had more experience.
The boat I mahogany and in what I consider very good condition. There are a few blemishes in the wood here and there, but we would all be so lucky to look this good at 60 years or so! The boat was very well built and appears to have all the original Alcort hardware, mast, boom, two sails, rudder, dagger board, and trailer.
It is not completely finished yet, so forgive the lack of a perfect finish, but you kind of get an idea of the boats condition from the pictures. I would highly value any information, opinions, or resources that would aid me in placing a value on this boat.
Thanks!
Kevin
My name is Kevin and I am new here! I am not a sailor and strangely I have no real desire to learn to sail, but I have a slight addiction to refinishing these little sunfish sailboats! They are simple, and a lot of fun to work with (on land anyways!). This winter I started with a fiberglass boat that my neighbor had been swindled into buying from CL. It was a sentimental purchase for her as she had a few sunfish growing up, so when she seen one posted for sale on CL she purchased it more for nostalgic value than anything else. However when the boat was delivered it weighed about 400lbs and was waterlogged beyond belief! Long story short, she wanted to throw it away, so I pulled it into the garage and began working on it for her and so began the addiction.
3 fiberglass sunfish later I run across an old wood sunfish that had been held up in a shed in PA. From what I know, the original owner ordered it as a kit in the late 50’s, early 60’s and built it in the same shed. Sailed it a few times and then it sat for several years before someone took a crack at refinishing the boat, and then it sat again. Fast forward 40 years or so and I find it! I brought the boat home and started cranking away at it, and it turns out that it’s a beautiful boat!
As I have no desire to sail it, or keep it, I will be looking to sell it in order to fund my next project but I cannot find ANY information on how to price this thing! Most of the adds I find for wood sunfish are several years old and the boats are in variable conditions, so I wanted to consult with those who had more experience.
The boat I mahogany and in what I consider very good condition. There are a few blemishes in the wood here and there, but we would all be so lucky to look this good at 60 years or so! The boat was very well built and appears to have all the original Alcort hardware, mast, boom, two sails, rudder, dagger board, and trailer.
It is not completely finished yet, so forgive the lack of a perfect finish, but you kind of get an idea of the boats condition from the pictures. I would highly value any information, opinions, or resources that would aid me in placing a value on this boat.
Thanks!
Kevin