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What a nice piece of work.? Its great!.?Very Resourceful.
?I made a telescoping tiller with a shortened battlestick.? Works pretty good but I still haven’t completely mastered it yet..? I just felt this was a better system then a regular? 39 inch Battlestick.? I’ll make a pic and try to learn how to post it.?
Managing the tiller in like NASCAR guys changing tires.? It takes some practice.
Mr Mike (the new guy)
There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters.
So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed
with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely. ?But it tied up my idle hands for a while.
I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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That’s an excellent rendition, made my day. My Sunfish in miniature, here shown on Lake Michigan last summer.
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On Apr 19, 2020, at 10:51 AM, dghutt <dghutt@...> wrote:
? There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters.
So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
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The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely. ?But it tied up my idle hands for a while.
I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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Dave - fantastic model. Can I post your photo and story at??
Thanks, John On Apr 19, 2020, at 7:51 AM, dghutt < dghutt@...> wrote:
There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters. So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
<29A5C22B-DA90-4289-B8AD-D4B4CFD39DD6.jpeg> The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely. ?But it tied up my idle hands for a while. I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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Fair Winds, John
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Hi Mark — mine’s the same too, a 1980 hull built in Ontario. To me the red, white and blue sail is the classic Sunfish rig. Can’t wait to get it in the water again.?
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Wow that's a great looking model! You RC folks make some great models, a gent over in Poland made a sailing version, copied the tribute scheme that we put ou one of our restoration boats MERCI  -- Cheers Clark and Skipper Our blog Our book?
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That is the best looking Sunfish model that we have come across!!
On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 11:07 AM John Arndt < john@...> wrote: Dave - fantastic model. Can I post your photo and story at??
Thanks, John On Apr 19, 2020, at 7:51 AM, dghutt < dghutt@...> wrote:
There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters. So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
<29A5C22B-DA90-4289-B8AD-D4B4CFD39DD6.jpeg> The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely.? But it tied up my idle hands for a while. I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters.
So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely. ?But it tied up my idle hands for a while.
I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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What a nice piece of work.? Its great!.?Very Resourceful.
?I made a telescoping tiller with a shortened battlestick.? Works pretty good but I still haven’t completely mastered it yet..? I just felt this was a better system then a regular? 39 inch Battlestick.? I’ll make a pic and try to learn how to post it.?
Managing the tiller in like NASCAR guys changing tires.? It takes some practice.
Mr Mike (the new guy)
There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters.
So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed
with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely. ?But it tied up my idle hands for a while.
I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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Y'all making me want to build a model, I have alot of balsa wood from model airplane day might make a good hull, the gears are turning in my head
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On Apr 19, 2020 4:02 PM, mark hollis <markholles@...> wrote:
Sweet model it looks professional grade to me
What a nice piece of work. Its great!. Very Resourceful.
I made a telescoping tiller with a shortened battlestick. Works pretty good but I still haven’t completely mastered it yet.. I just felt this was a better system then a regular 39 inch Battlestick. I’ll make a pic and try to learn how to post it.
Managing the tiller in like NASCAR guys changing tires. It takes some practice.
Mr Mike (the new guy)
There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters.
So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed
with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely. But it tied up my idle hands for a while.
I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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Y'all making me want to build a model, I have alot of balsa wood from model airplane day might make a good hull, the gears are turning in my head
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On Apr 19, 2020 4:02 PM, mark hollis <markholles@...> wrote:
Sweet model it looks professional grade to me
What a nice piece of work. Its great!. Very Resourceful.
I made a telescoping tiller with a shortened battlestick. Works pretty good but I still haven’t completely mastered it yet.. I just felt this was a better system then a regular 39 inch Battlestick. I’ll make a pic and try to learn how to post it.
Managing the tiller in like NASCAR guys changing tires. It takes some practice.
Mr Mike (the new guy)
There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters.
So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed
with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely. But it tied up my idle hands for a while.
I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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That is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing! ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Michael King Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 11:45 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [SunfishSailor] Quarantine Sunfish project ? What a nice piece of work.? Its great!.?Very Resourceful. ?I made a telescoping tiller with a shortened battlestick.? Works pretty good but I still haven’t completely mastered it yet..? I just felt this was a better system then a regular? 39 inch Battlestick.? I’ll make a pic and try to learn how to post it.? Managing the tiller in like NASCAR guys changing tires.? It takes some practice. There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters. So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
 The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely. ?But it tied up my idle hands for a while. I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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Dave,?
Fantastic model. I’m assuming Halifax meaning Nova Scotia; I’m on the South Shore. Steady white caps here, really makes me wish the weather was such it couldn’t have been possible to see snow yesterday!?
Thanks for sharing your model.?
Cheers, Kyle
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On Apr 19, 2020, at 11:51, dghutt <dghutt@...> wrote:
? There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters.
So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
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The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely. ?But it tied up my idle hands for a while.
I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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Dave,
That is a very cool sunfish model, it has tons of character, even the trestle stand and base are awesome.. A work of art–thanks for sharing.?
Ken
On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 6:50 PM Tim Dunn via <wolframwrenches= [email protected]> wrote: That is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing! ? ? What a nice piece of work.? Its great!.?Very Resourceful. ?I made a telescoping tiller with a shortened battlestick.? Works pretty good but I still haven’t completely mastered it yet..? I just felt this was a better system then a regular? 39 inch Battlestick.? I’ll make a pic and try to learn how to post it.? Managing the tiller in like NASCAR guys changing tires.? It takes some practice. There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters. So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
 The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely.? But it tied up my idle hands for a while. I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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No amount of idle hands on my part could create something as amazing as your model. ?Thank you for sharing. I look forward to getting out in my Sunfish soon.
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There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters. So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it!
<29A5C22B-DA90-4289-B8AD-D4B4CFD39DD6.jpeg> The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely. ?But it tied up my idle hands for a while. I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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I especially liked the vang!
But your mini-sailor might like a tiller extension...
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I somehow managed to delete my original post.? Whoops. Here are a few more pictures for the curious.? For a sense of scale, the ratchet block for the mainsheet is a button from my wife's sewing box with the sides Dremeled off, and a spring from a ballpoint pen. The other blocks are black insulation I stripped off a piece of wire.      Dave
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There was 5cm of snow on the ground in Halifax when I got up this morning. Even without a pandemic I don’t think I’d be sailing quite yet. But I get antsy this time of year, especially seeing the posts from all of you in southern waters.
So to occupy myself in Covid isolation, and to get a quick Sunfish fix, I devoted a couple of weekends to putting together a 1/16 scale ‘Fish from stuff I could find around the house. This is probably the only group I know that might appreciate it! ![]() The Hull is 3mm depron foam left over from a few RC plane builds. It’s easy to cut and shape, and glues up with a glue gun, but dents and scratches at a glance and melts with CA glue or spray paint.
Tiller, daggerboard and rudder are mahogany. Mast and spars are bamboo skewers painted silver, and the sail is from strips of gift wrap tissue, glued with diluted school glue and stiffened with matte acrylic spray. The lines are polyester kitchen twine, dyed with food colouring. Sail rings are strips of printer paper. It passes the “from-five-feet” test... barely. ?But it tied up my idle hands for a while.
I’d love to hear about other members’ quarantine Sunfish projects.
Dave
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Fair point re tiller extension. I couldn’t decide between some kind of a universal stick-style extension or the original wood one. I’m thinking the latter. Either way it needs one!
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A shortened match perhaps?
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On Apr 20, 2020, at 1:27 PM, dghutt < dghutt@...> wrote: Fair point re tiller extension. I couldn’t decide between some kind of a universal stick-style extension or the original wood one. I’m thinking the latter. Either way it needs one!
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A shortened match perhaps? On Apr 20, 2020, at 1:27 PM, dghutt < dghutt@...> wrote: Fair point re tiller extension. I couldn’t decide between some kind of a universal stick-style extension or the original wood one. I’m thinking the latter. Either way it needs one!
Fair Winds, John
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Tiller extension added, swing-style like mine from 1980. For authenticity I also added the shock cord from the daggerboard to the bow handle, to keep the board from dropping in a tack. ?I don’t think I should touch this thing anymore. I’m sure to make it worse.?
  
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