Recent content by CrimsonDawn

Getting the Crimson Dawn rigged for the season

Yes, if you zoom in you can see mine looks almost the same, I built my rudder

As far as the rudder goes there are only two styles The top it pre 72. If you have the old style you might have to have to find a rudder on eBay.

I’ve seen pictures of sunfish rigs stored in pvc pipes and I would love to do that but the largest pipe I can get my hands on is a 6 inch and my goose neck measures at 7. Do any of you store your rigs this way?

White with a red mahogany stain

I wouldn’t mind a little adventure, nothing stupid, just wait until after I actually know how to sail the thing.

I’m a red head named Dawn with a red sunfish, so it’s the name of the boat.

Thanks for all the help.

Thank you guys so much. Next question. I’m converting to the modern style gudgeon. How should it be positioned top to bottom?

I’m converting from old style rudder to new. How should I position the gudgeon top to bottom.

Even a light modern boat will weigh over a hundred pounds.

Thank you so much. My 1966 model only weighs 149 so I’m not in near as bad of shape as I thought

So life happened but thanks to Covid my schedule opened up and I have time for boat work. The thread on what I assume is the original sail was extremely brittle and would have blown out the first time I tried to sail. I used uv resistant thread so should be good for a while provided the 54...

How do you weigh the boat? Most hanging scales I’ve found don’t go near the weight of a sunfish without getting expensive.

I got this picture off the specs page on the forum. What is the length of the edge that meets the transom and at what angle should it be? I don’t have a way to measure the angle of the hull so I can’t figure it out.