aggiearchi
New Member
Hello - I just found this forum, and I am glad to see how active it is. As a very out-of-practice sailor, I hope that you will be patient with me.
I bought a Sunfish 5 years ago from a party that had kept it stored and unused for something like 30 years. If I remember correctly, the last registration on the trailer was in 1973. I know that the original owner sailed it for several years before storing it, but I just don't know how many. It has sat in my garage, also unused all of this time, because I dreaded all of the work and parts that I was sure it was going to need. I finally got it out this past Saturday, though, and to my surprise, it only had one small problem (I'll post again about that for input), but was otherwise in great shape, and ready to sail! We took it out for several hours, and it was wonderful!
Now I am re-hooked, and want to find out all I can about the boat and how to take care of it. My first question is, how old is it? It has a fiberglass hull, but maybe a wood deck (painted kelly green). The original sail (still in pretty good shape) has green and white stripes and a black sunfish logo. There is a little plate on the deck behind the mast that says "Alcort" with a pair of Sunfish boats on it. The rudder, tiller, and center board are all stained and varnished wood. The mast and boom, and whatever you call the member that folds up to the boom (please help me there), all look like aluminum, and it has very minimal harware. As far as I know, the sheets and everything else are all original.
Any idea of what year it came from, or a suggetion of how to find out?
Thanks!
I bought a Sunfish 5 years ago from a party that had kept it stored and unused for something like 30 years. If I remember correctly, the last registration on the trailer was in 1973. I know that the original owner sailed it for several years before storing it, but I just don't know how many. It has sat in my garage, also unused all of this time, because I dreaded all of the work and parts that I was sure it was going to need. I finally got it out this past Saturday, though, and to my surprise, it only had one small problem (I'll post again about that for input), but was otherwise in great shape, and ready to sail! We took it out for several hours, and it was wonderful!
Now I am re-hooked, and want to find out all I can about the boat and how to take care of it. My first question is, how old is it? It has a fiberglass hull, but maybe a wood deck (painted kelly green). The original sail (still in pretty good shape) has green and white stripes and a black sunfish logo. There is a little plate on the deck behind the mast that says "Alcort" with a pair of Sunfish boats on it. The rudder, tiller, and center board are all stained and varnished wood. The mast and boom, and whatever you call the member that folds up to the boom (please help me there), all look like aluminum, and it has very minimal harware. As far as I know, the sheets and everything else are all original.
Any idea of what year it came from, or a suggetion of how to find out?
Thanks!