Re: Letting mine go this summer
We remember Mark's boat, but not her name. Standing by...
By
Signal Charlie
·
#17986
·
|
Re: Letting mine go this summer
Before-and-after pictures of Project Lazarus: 1974 AMF. White deck and hull, dark red coaming, matching red footwell and original diagonal racing stripe on the deck. Original gelcoat deck has
By
Mark Suszko
·
#17985
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
Sometimes the State Wildlife resources folks have $$ grants for
educational programs that get people, especially students, outside fishing,
hunting, boating, etc...There is a lot of tie in with STEM
By
Signal Charlie
·
#17984
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
Thanks Kent. Although I love the Dynamic Dollie’s they are too rich for my blood. I found a much cheaper one on Amazon and although not perfect and a bit heavier than the Dynamic it’s stellar.
By
DIANA WEIDENBACKER
·
#17983
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
Diana, fantastic.
We've restored about 70 boats, with 1/3 of them being Fish. Folks like to
donate to those doing good for the boats. We got our 1953 wooden Sunfish
that way and just received a gift
By
Signal Charlie
·
#17982
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
Hola Amigo,
Where are your stomping grounds? And what makes you think I'm the hoarder, Skipper plays no role in this? :)
What parts are you looking for?
We need to do an Alcort Regatta!
Plus pics
By
Signal Charlie
·
#17981
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
I’ll add to the chorus with post #11.
Hey folks, DC/MD area Sunfish sailor here. Kent was my inspiration for
wooden Alcorts - we have a ‘65 Sunfish and a ~’58 Sailfish, plus a couple
of 60s
By
suleboats
·
#17980
·
|
Re: Letting mine go this summer
I'm sure you'll find her a fine steward.
By
Signal Charlie
·
#17979
·
|
Re: Letting mine go this summer
What color is she please?
By
MamaChicago
·
#17978
·
|
Re: Letting mine go this summer
I have three boats now, the wife says that's one too many, ?and need to let my '74 Sunfish go to a good home in Central Illinois this spring. The boat was around our lake for the Sunfish World
By
Mark Suszko
·
#17977
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
Thanks for the support. I actually started out just looking for no longer loved Fish in hopes to rehab them - those that I could at least given limited resources, etc. All of a sudden, there were
By
DIANA WEIDENBACKER
·
#17976
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
Welcome Diana and thanks for what you are doing. There's a good group here to offer advice, find parts, etc...
And 10 posts this month?! Y'all calm down out there!
--
Cheers
Clark and Skipper
Our
By
Signal Charlie
·
#17975
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
Beautiful shots, newletter worthy. Last summer I began developing a Women's Sunfish program and accumulated over 40 names on the 'I'm interested' list. We had a few lessons for those developing
By
DIANA WEIDENBACKER
·
#17974
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
Kent,
We spend a couple of days in Richmond but most of our time is spent on the Rappahannock River at Naylor's Beach.? Time spent on or near the water is always the best.
Stay Safe and Stay
By
Captain Penn Burke
·
#17973
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
You're welcome!
[email protected]> wrote:
By
Signal Charlie
·
#17972
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
Hello Kent and Audrey,
Thanks for maintaining this great resource for the larger Sunfish community!
Happy sailing from the West Coast!
Scott M
Pleasanton, California
Sent from someplace on Earth
By
SunfishScott
·
#17971
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
Ahoy Capn Penn,
Where are you located? We are in Smithfield, VA, just got here in 2021 and
are still trying to understand what "Seasons" are. Retirement from air line
flying comes from me in 2025.
By
Signal Charlie
·
#17970
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
The sailingforum.com is a great resource and yes Facebook has good groups for Sunfish and Hobie Cats.? I use them all.? I have completed 346 projects since retiring in 2008.? Mostly Sunfish and
By
Captain Penn Burke
·
#17969
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
Hi Gail,
Kent and Audrey here. We became Owner/Admin over a decade ago when Keith turned the yahoo Group over to us. He had been maintaining it since Wayne crossed the bar.
A few years back when
By
Signal Charlie
·
#17968
·
|
Re: Admin? Activity?
The group continues here: https://sailingforums.com/sunfish/
By
MamaChicago
·
#17967
·
|