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Ed, Right you are. A Hiking strap is a piece of webbing (seatbelt) that attaches to the floor or near the floor of the boat's cockpit. It provides a place to hook your feet so you can hang your body

My sailing experience is limited to about 100hrs in my "Fish-clone" and 100hrs as a mate on a 35' Pearson. Perhaps I do not fully understand the use of the Hiking strap on the "Fish". Is it being used

Sorry about the SPAM message. That person has left the group abruptly...... Wayne

Charles, I use contact cement. So far it has lasted over five years. Wayne

What kind of adhesive do you use? And how often would you have to replace the carpet? Charles Wayne wrote:

Hi Ed, I'm sorry, I should have elaborated. Sailing flat refers to keeping the hull as level as possible. Sunfish and similar designs have a shallow hull profile known as a planing hull. These boats

Wayne, in one of your messages you mentioned running flat by installing a hiking strap. Does this mean that your Dagger Board lifts freely from the boat? In my GC14 the board is held in position by a

Ed, Here is an excerpt from the sunfishclass.org, FAQ and two additional links to articles addressing rudder and daggerboard humm. The first of the links applies to aluminum blades and the second to

Hi Ed, What Charles Neuman said...... plus this contact from the Sunfish Class Association web site. http://www.sunfishclass.org/admin/sfbible.htm Here's the parent site address again:

Ed, Wow, what a find.... good sleuthing. I'd love to have some scans of that brochure on the group web site if you can manage it. It might help someone in the future. Wayne

Most Sunfish dealers should carry one. I ordered mine from the Corpus Christi Sailing Center, because they advertised on the Sunfish Message Board (which you can get to from www.sunfishclass.org).

Where can you find one? I have checked Amazon.com and eBay but no- joy! Can you reccomend a source? Cheers, Ed

I just talked to the grandson of the person who manufactured my boat. Seems it is a Gulf Coast 14 (GC14) made about 1971. The maker passed about 5 years ago but the company had stopped manufacturing

Hi Dave, You sure can get vibration from the daggerboard. There are some things you can do to reduce this. The leading and trailing edge can be shaped to reduce turbulence. I'll try and find an

Hi, I have the same vibration but only when pressing the boat realy hard,in my opinion the vibration is coming from the centre board as I can't feel any transmitted vibration in the tiller. I must

Hi again Ed, Take a look at the Laser (I think) and Hobie Cat sites. They also use a thin aluminum rudder blade and I have seen some discussion about just such a vibration. Try www.thebeachcats.com

Hi Ed, I just took a look at your photos. My sail transport method is similar and I just roll the spars in the sail being careful not to crease my window. It would be too much to take off the shower

I have a vibration from the rudder when I get the Fish up to speeds usually obtainable on fairly windy days. I would suspect that the vibration may be an indication of drag robbing speed from the

In noticed some discussion about transporting the sail and booms with the boat in some earlier postings. I have just posted some picture of my Fish in the Mystery Fish folder and it shows how I

I have added photos of my Fish to help in identifying it's year and manufacturer. I anyone has a clue as to origin of this boat please let me know. Cheers, Ed