Hello Folks,
Last summer I returned to racing a Sunfish after more than 45 years! Did way better than I expected, so looking forward to next summer. I'm sailing a very old boat (1968) 100% original including sail (with lots of tape patches). The hull has always been stored (winters) inside and is in remarkably good condition and weighs in at 135lbs. Questions are:
1) Are there any significant differences in the actual hulls, old to current (from a performance standpoint - understand the cosmetics)?
2) Would you upgrade - sail (racing sail), current fiberglass dagger board, pulley main sheet block, extended tiller (about $1k total), or would you upgrade to a more current boat (about $2,500 used)?
3) Same as first question, if all the upgrades are made, would I still be handicapped with the old hull?
4) Racing sail - listed as 75 sq ft, but see other (non official) at 80 sq ft. I would like to keep the boat class legal even though that's no required on our lake racing club. What would you purchase for a racing sail?
Looking forward to helpful answers and thank you all very much.
Last summer I returned to racing a Sunfish after more than 45 years! Did way better than I expected, so looking forward to next summer. I'm sailing a very old boat (1968) 100% original including sail (with lots of tape patches). The hull has always been stored (winters) inside and is in remarkably good condition and weighs in at 135lbs. Questions are:
1) Are there any significant differences in the actual hulls, old to current (from a performance standpoint - understand the cosmetics)?
2) Would you upgrade - sail (racing sail), current fiberglass dagger board, pulley main sheet block, extended tiller (about $1k total), or would you upgrade to a more current boat (about $2,500 used)?
3) Same as first question, if all the upgrades are made, would I still be handicapped with the old hull?
4) Racing sail - listed as 75 sq ft, but see other (non official) at 80 sq ft. I would like to keep the boat class legal even though that's no required on our lake racing club. What would you purchase for a racing sail?
Looking forward to helpful answers and thank you all very much.