Re: Hull repair
I'm no expert, but pending better info, here goes.
I don't think the spider cracks are necesarily a big
deal. Many times they indicate an impact of some sort
(which explains why they're near the
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Howard Bishop <bishop2398@...>
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Hull repair
Hi, new sailor and sunfish owner here. I was hoping someone could
provide me with guidance on sealing my hull. In cleaning the
1983-era sunfish I recently acquired, I noticed lots of spider
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fourbluedevils
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Re: Old style rudder
Gail,
Your inputs are very much appreciated here.
Thanks for your sage advice. <g>
Wayne Carney
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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Re: Old style rudder
I suggest you merely go to the hardware store, purchase a brass bolt and
wing nut of the appropriate size and length, and go sailing! I sailed one
in such a state for many years. Have
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Gail M. Turluck <turluck@...>
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A question
Does anyone knows or using SuperSunfish.
Here they say it is more speedy.
Is it logical to use kind of sail on the Classic sunfish body?
Is there any documentation about it?
Thnx.
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bartuz
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Re: Old style rudder
Hmmmmm, that's gonna be a tough one.
I have created a FOLDER in the group FILES section called "Rudder". Inside
the folder is an old catalog diagram of both current and past rudder
designs. Please
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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#56
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Old style rudder
Hi, I am a new member. I have a fish with the old style rudder
assembley. I have lost the brass pin and was wondering if any one
had one the wanted to sell or knew where I could find a
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judgehenry <judgehenry@...>
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Re: Sailfish/Sunfish parts
"organicdavid" <organicdavid@...> writes:
I had a wooden Sailfish which was made in the 1960s. It had a distinctive
rudder - it had a bulbous shape, significantly different than the Sunfish
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Malcolm Dickinson <malcolm@...>
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Re: Sunfish/Sailfish - same parts?
David,
Some SAILfish parts were at one time interchangeable with the '60's SUNfish.
In the '70's the SUNfish designs changed. I believe it was also about that
time the SAILfish was phased out.
Is it
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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#53
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Sunfish/Sailfish - same parts?
I recently purchased a sunfish and am excited to get it in the
water. There are a couple of parts that need some help. Especially
the rudder and daggerboard. I have found some parts from a
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organicdavid <organicdavid@...>
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Re: Hello all, new to group...
Howdy Nick,
I believe you are looking at the cockpit self-bailer.
Check out the diagram on this web page and see if it shows what you are
looking
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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Hello all, new to group...
Hi my name is Nick, I live in North Texas, and am considering
the purchase of a sunfish for recreational use on some of the
local lakes. I've found one that is in overall good condition for a
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nickwright_tx <nickwright_tx@...>
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Re: New Fish
Hello Jeff,
There are a couple of links you may find useful in the bookmark section of
this group. You may also find the inner hull pictures in the files section
helpful in your fix-up efforts.
To
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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Re: New Fish
Hi!
You guys will have a blast with the Sunfish I bet.
There are several places in Florida that stock Sunfish
parts including the Tackle Shack. You could check
www.sunfishclass.org and look at the
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Howard Bishop <bishop2398@...>
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New Fish
Hi everybody,
I'm a Dad with a 10 year old daughter in summer camp learning how to
sail this year. I went out and bought a fixer-upper (spent 50 bucks)
pre-95 Sunfish. Needs some work but that's no
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cngrsmn <cngrsmn@...>
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First time.....
I was born in Istanbul where it a big city which has air polution
problem. Because of this and my alergy to dust and air polution, my
parents decided to live at least at summer time, at a place near
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bartuz
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Re: Corrected Reply to: A Member form Turkey
Merhaba,
I uploaded a photo of me to "Photos" at Marmara sea.
I have same adventures both with sunfish and windsurf but have to
translate it to english.
Soon, I'll do it.
For the windsurf photos
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bartuz
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Corrected Reply to: A Member form Turkey
Bulent Merhaba,
Welcome to the group.
I would like to learn about your sailing adventures and see photos of
where you sail.
Thank you,
Wayne
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a_little_dinghy <wcarney@...>
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A Member form Turkey
Hello all,
I'm from Turkey and sailing since 1980 at Marmara sea.
I find myself so lucky to have a sea like Marmara because
it has a very deep history and it is sea which has a all
coast-line belongs
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bartuz
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#43
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FW: NOR CT River Race
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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#42
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