Re: Sunfish Weight
Hi JPM, Welcome - The 1963 and 1968 brochures list the fiberglass Fish at 139# and if you just happen to have a Mahogany and plywood kit model from the same era, it lists at 142#. I weighed one on a
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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Re: did you build your dolly jeff?
Matt, I don't know if this is what Jeff had in mind, but here's one for you. http://homes.aol.com/SurfCityYC/dolly.html Wayne
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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Re: Who Car Tops their Sunfish?
Hi Matt, I can't think of a reason why you shouldn't car-top. People have been car-topping Sunfish almost from the boat's inception. It's a little tough to get the boat on the car single-handed. With
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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Sunfish Weight
Hi Folks ..... New to this message board .... so "hi" to all. I own an older Sunfish; but not sure how old(it is an Alcort.... I suspect it is from the late 60's). On the internet, I see lots of
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kuzitsfun
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Who Car Tops their Sunfish?
I am considering trying to carry my "new" sunfish on top of my wife's car, it is a 97 Grand Am. I purchased some racks that seem to be pretty stable when mounted. Does anyone have any
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smprfidels <SmprFidels@...>
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did you build your dolly jeff?
would you be willing to post some pictures? Thanks. <cngrsmn@y...> wrote: Anybody
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smprfidels <SmprFidels@...>
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Re: Sunfish Weight
Hey JPM, I weighed my 'fish by balancing it on it's side on a bathroom scale. It helps to have a second person to prevent it from falling over. Also, make sure the floor is level (I use the garage
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Joe
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Re: Rudder help
John, Verrrrrrry Interesting.... Looks like what you have there is an old style rudder adapted (and I use the term loosely) to work in the new style gudgeon. This should be a simple fix. You can look
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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Re: Rudder help
Sorry, My tiny URL didn't work. Go to http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/sunfish_sailor/lst and click on "John C" to see my photos. Thanks. <snip>
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John C
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Re: Rudder help
Malcolm & gang, Thanks for your input. Take a look if you can and let me know what you think... My boat is a '75 model according to the serial number. I have uploaded photos of the jury-rigged rudder
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John C
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Re: Rudder help
John, Sounds like you have an old-style rudder system, that was jury-rigged when some part broke. I recommend converting to the new-style system, which is not too hard to accomplish and will be much
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Malcolm Dickinson <malcolm@...>
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Long Weekend Broad Reach
Hi All, I had the pleasure of taking my "fish-clone" out for the long weekend to Lake Pillsbury in Northern California. (Above Clear Lake). The conditions were testy sometimes due to camping at waters
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Ed <conley49@...>
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Re: Elvstrom bailer gasket
Adi, Have you tried NAPA auto parts?
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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Elvstrom bailer gasket
I took the Express Wind out for the first time and discovered that the bailer is leaking. A quick search on the internet revealed that the Elvstrom/Andersen automatic bailers can leak because of a bad
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Aditya Garg
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Rudder Help - was: New to the Sunfish
Hello John, Welcome to the group. Go ahead and log into http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sunfish_sailor/ the group web site and look through the FILES section. There you will find a diagram of both the
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Wayne Carney <wcarney@...>
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New to the Sunfish
I just bought a rather tired sunfish for my 9 year old to play with. I think it is a mid 70's model. I am just learning that there is an early and late style rudder mechanism. Mine does not have a
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John C
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Internet Tech Tip
Hello Everyone, There have been occasions when someone wanted to share a web page through their message post, but the URL was so long that it word wrapped. An example would be when you see something
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Wayne <wcarney@...>
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Re: New Member's Photos
Tough to do the beauty pass by the beach being in the lee of the land. She had a more favorable gust. Ed
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Ed Conley <conley49@...>
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Sunfish Sold
1981 Sunfish and trailer are sold
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arrelless1942 <arrelless@...>
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Sunfish for sale
1981 Sunfish with trailer. Ready to sail. Extras. Located in east central Indiana. Contact Ron for details and/or pictures. Will deliver for free within 100 miles of zip code 47371. Ron 260-726-4834
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arrelless1942 <arrelless@...>
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