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merc2dogs
 

Hello, new to the site,
located two boats that I plan to buy, one is definately a sunfish,
but the other I am unsure of, and was wondering if someone here could
help me out.
It looks like a sunfish as far as rigging and hull go same size etc,
(no tags or any id on the hull, so no help there), but the sail, while
an exact match for the sunfish, has instead of a 'fish' design, a
large black "M" with a small sunflower design on it, sail is white
with a yellow bar acress it. any ideas?
both are lateen rigs this boat has an aluminum plate c-board, and an
aluminum rudder, with a cast aluminum upper/pivot section, and wooden
tiller.
Wayne Carney
 

Hello merc2dogs,

Welcome !

Whew, that's a new one on me.... M(flower) - Miss Daisy? Mystery Flower?
Morning Flower? Magic Flower? Morning Glory? Monkey Flower? Montgomery
Wards?

Any Hull Identification Number on a plate or etched into the transom? For
example [ABC543210579] We could look it up in the USCG database?

In the heyday of Sunfish (late '60 - '70's) literally hundreds (maybe
thousands) of knock-off boats were marketed by every boat builder and
sporting goods manufacturer you can think of.

Is there any way we can see a photo? Does the seller have these boats on the
web? Love to add this to the "Other Fish" album for future reference.


Wayne

-----Original Message-----
From: merc2dogs [mailto:merc2dogs@...]
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:02 AM
To: sunfish_sailor@...
Subject: [sunfish_sailor] id please


Hello, new to the site,
located two boats that I plan to buy, one is definately a sunfish,
but the other I am unsure of, and was wondering if someone here could
help me out.
It looks like a sunfish as far as rigging and hull go same size etc,
(no tags or any id on the hull, so no help there), but the sail, while
an exact match for the sunfish, has instead of a 'fish' design, a
large black "M" with a small sunflower design on it, sail is white
with a yellow bar acress it. any ideas?
both are lateen rigs this boat has an aluminum plate c-board, and an
aluminum rudder, with a cast aluminum upper/pivot section, and wooden
tiller.
kendall bonner
 

From: "Wayne Carney" <wcarney@...>
Reply-To: sunfish_sailor@...
To: <sunfish_sailor@...>
Subject: RE: [sunfish_sailor] id please
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:52:11 -0600

In the heyday of Sunfish (late '60 - '70's) literally hundreds (maybe
thousands) of knock-off boats were marketed by every boat builder and
sporting goods manufacturer you can think of.

Is there any way we can see a photo? Does the seller have these boats on the
web? Love to add this to the "Other Fish" album for future reference.

Hi Wayne,

there are no id tags on it, but it looks identical to the sunfish next to it, if the sail didn't have the big M on it, I'd have gone on thinking it was a sunfish.

sorry no pictures, they're at a lake that I sometimes go sailing at, I was out there the other day and a guy asked if I needed another sail for my boat, and as I'm always willing to add to my 'junk' collection I checked them out, he gave me the sail mast boom and yard from the 'non' sunfish, and said I could get the rest cheap,.
if you are in michigan, there is a boat that also looks like a sunfish, sitting up at baptist lake with a $30. price tag on it, (yeah it's an older boat, but not wood) can't say anything about it other than that it's yellow, the hull looks good, and it's apparently not water logged,(I could move it easily to check out the hull condition) I was going sailing there and saw it leaning against a tree with a for sale sign on it, mast etc. were all wrapped in the sail,and I didn't unwrap them to look at them, so the sail may be dead. rudder and c-board looked in good shape. this is the boat I was thinking of when I picked up the other rig.

thanks ken

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Wayne Carney
 

Ken,

Well, quite the enigma. Could be an old Sunfish with all the markings gone
and a replacement sail?? I'm not exactly in the neighborhood so it would be
a bit of a trek for me to look-see.

If you end up adding it to your fleet post a couple of photos so we can get
a look.


Wayne

-----Original Message-----
From: kendall bonner [mailto:merc2dogs@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:26 PM
To: sunfish_sailor@...
Subject: RE: [sunfish_sailor] id please

Hi Wayne,

there are no id tags on it, but it looks identical to the sunfish next to
it, if the sail didn't have the big M on it, I'd have gone on thinking it
was a sunfish.

sorry no pictures, they're at a lake that I sometimes go
sailing at, I was
out there the other day and a guy asked if I needed another sail for my
boat, and as I'm always willing to add to my 'junk' collection I checked
them out, he gave me the sail mast boom and yard from the 'non'
sunfish, and
said I could get the rest cheap,.
if you are in michigan, there is a boat that also looks like a sunfish,
sitting up at baptist lake with a $30. price tag on it, (yeah
it's an older
boat, but not wood) can't say anything about it other than that
it's yellow,
the hull looks good, and it's apparently not water logged,(I
could move it
easily to check out the hull condition) I was going sailing there
and saw it
leaning against a tree with a for sale sign on it, mast etc. were all
wrapped in the sail,and I didn't unwrap them to look at them, so the sail
may be dead. rudder and c-board looked in good shape. this is the
boat I was
thinking of when I picked up the other rig.

thanks ken
kendall bonner
 

From: "Wayne Carney" <wcarney@...>

If you end up adding it to your fleet post a couple of photos so we can get
a look.


Wayne
I'll do that.hopefully he'll have a name for it, I'll ask him when I head over that way

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