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Hey all, Happy to see this post! 18 months ago my wife responded to an offer on Facebook from a very old friend for a well used Sunfish. Her friend had sailed this boat on Lake Mackatawa (Michigan)

Thanks for your report. Were you able to remove all the waterlogged foam through the inspection ports? Or did you remove the upper deck completely? Is that even possible?? I am in the same boat, no

Thanks for your report. Were you able to remove all the waterlogged foam through the inspection ports? Or did you remove the upper deck completely? Is that even possible?? I am in the same boat, no

We had some more time to work on the minifish today; after a month+ in a heated garage, half of the time with air blowing through it, the MF was still very heavy. My inspection ports came in, so I

Another option is PFDs that are being retired, there is still decent marine grade foam inside of them.

Try to stick with the design intent. Extra flotation inside a pontoon hull that is not supposed to leak is closing in on a "belts and suspenders" approach. Once you are happy that the deck is

Thanks for the advice. Hadn't thought about using the foam sheets. I had experimented with using large gatoraide bottles as support columns, but have been nervous about the skill level need to work

Welcome. You have two purposes of blocks, structure and flotation. Let's think about it for a minute. 1) Structure. How does the boat sail? Is the bottom hull spongy anywhere, does it make audible

Congrats on the acquistion. Keep us updated. I've got a minifish that also has support issues. A previous owner had removed all of the original foam, sprayed expanding foam forward and aft, then

It would not be a fish without some spider cracking mine has it and dose not effect sailing Gives it caricter. Paul -- Sent from Outlook Email App for Android Thursday, 06 December 2018, 06:37PM

Be sure it's the right *kind* of foam... regular styrofoam isn't going to be right.

Thanks for the comments so far; I feel better about the spider cracking issue. Regarding the foam, I am able to replace it. I actually think I could replace it all through this hole that I cut

Many patient people get good results drying-out the interior of the boat by blowing air thru it over a long period of time. Walmart sells small, cheap fans just about the right size to set into open

Hi, Congrats on your new boat! She should have a name by now. 1) STOP removing the white foam blocks, they are structural, unless you have a ready source of extruded polystyrene foam (closed cell)

Hi all! I responded to an ad for a free Sunfish in need of some work. I ended up coming home with a very heavy minifish. After a quick scrub my wife and I brought it in the shop to warm up and drain

Great idea, that would probably work, like the Sawfish made out of pink home insulation foam. Not sure if you even need the fiberglass, maybe just paint it. Skipper says try it and let us know it

Very interesting! Looking at the structure makes me wonder if I could make that completely out of foam pieces and glass it, with some carbon fiber here and there, and see if it's stronger and

Restoring a Super Sailfish, putting a new bottom on right now. http://smallboatrestoration.blogspot.com/p/alcort-super-sailfish-zsa-zsa.html Check out her blog

Here is great file for standard and race rigging I found https://www.westcoastsailing.net/media/pdf/sunfish.pdf

Here are two good videos I found for rigging a race setup. https://youtu.be/2AwrTrg-kN8 https://youtu.be/yNaxaJ_uFus Cheers, Eric