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Took my "Fish-clone" out this weekend amd broke 3 sail rings. I have not been able to find any locally so can anyone tell me the diameter of the real Sunfish boom? If my boom is the same size I could

Hi Judy, Sounds like you have a real problem there. Let's start with the basics - Have you opened the drain plug and tried letting the water out? Wayne

I have enjoyed sailing a sunfish for many years but can no longer even pick up the boat to put in the water. The boat itself if full of water that is in the hull and will not come out. Some had

Hi All, I just ran across this and thought it would be good for a chuckle..... http://sailingtexas.com/chumor4.html Wayne

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Thanks for the sketch, it confirmed my thought that the leading edge should be rounded not pointed. I have not yet located the Sunfish Bible to purchase it so I hope your game for a few more

Ed, Hmmmmmm...., the Sunfish sail is rigged on the port side of the mast - always. What slight differences there are between port tack and starboard tack are then equal between boats. There's lots of

Ed, I put a daggerboard sketch in the group FILES section. This board is from another boat group I belong to and will only serve as a reference, but you could probably scale it down to work with your

Thanks Howard and Wayne for your explanations and reference material. I had observed that my "Fish-clone" was much slower when in a tack or reach course where the gooseneck orientation allows the sail

Ed, Yes, you certainly will want to devise a way to keep the rudder from floating up. The closer to vertical the rudder is, the less helm you will have and the faster you will go. Handling and speed

Don't know if this helps or not, but if all else fails, think of the last time you flew a kite. Remember how much harder it pulled on the string when it was nearly overhead compared to when you first

Ed, The answer to your question will involve going into the physics of the sail as an airfoil(wing) and the dynamics involved with wind and water. Rather than attempting to rewrite what has already

Wayne, Re: Broad Reach. I was reviewing the manual at the link you provided, i.e. points of sail, and it mentioned that a sailboat is the fastest when it is in a broad reach. This would seem to be a

Ed, Looking at the photo of your rudder I cannot tell exactly what keeps the rudder in the down position.... friction of the pivot screw tightness or simply gravity? The rudders like yours that I am

Howdy Ed, Now that I have gone back to look again, (slapping my forehead) I see the hiking strap in your pictures. New Sunfish have a daggerboard that extends below the hull about 31". The older wood

Since I am picking brains here.... On my "Fish-clone" the rudder is pinned so that if I should hit something it would rise up and not allow damage. This pin also has the effect of allowing the rudder

Hi Wayne, I have a functional if not juryriggerd hiking strap in my "Fish-clone". I think I was confusing the sailor-speak for hiking strap for something used to manipulate the Daggerboard or provide

Hi Charles, LOL.... Yeah, and add to that a rudder that keeps popping loose - at least in the old days. Duct tape sounds good to me. Wayne

Speaking of those daggerboard springs, didya ever rent an old Sunfish at a beach or a vacation place? First of all, they never have tiller extensions. But that's the least of the problems. Often the