Saturday, March 30, 2013

Sunfish Haulin

There are lots of ways to move one boat, but how about multiples? We needed to move two sunfish and their trailers a few years back, so we rented a UHaul and put them inside. They rode great!

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Madison and Bud sailing East Bay


Where we started with Bud and Madison

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Someone looks like they're racing...

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Tacking wars

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Leaving me in the wake

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Sail looks great

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Maneuvering for formation photos

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Heading to the beach

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Great day for sailing! Next up was freshwater rinse down

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Madison tests out new sail from Schurr Sail Pensacola

I got Madison ready to chase Bud, we needed to test out our new sail from Schurr Sails Pensacola

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Sipper tacks patiently

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Raising the main :)

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Still tacking patiently

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Heading out

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First. Regatta of 2013

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Starboard!

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Bud sails again!

Brought Bud back from Sail Monkey Garage, trailer works great. Time to put in the bailer!

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Float test, no leaks

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Skipper took Bud out for a test sail, wind was perfect to get off the beach

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Wind picked up offshore, Bud surfed along nicely

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Stripes and hardware

Installed the coaming, it screwed back in pretty easy. I was able to press 4 seized up screws with rivnuts back into original holes and seal with epoxy

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Gudgeon, backer plate and hardware

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Gudgeon installed, with a bit of silicone around the screw holes

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Both wooden backer blocks for the eyestraps had fallen off. I had to dig through some foam on each side to find them, luckily they had not gone too far. I put some silicone on them, flipped them around, held them in place while Jack drilled a pilot hole. Then we dropped in a screw, put on the bridle and put in remaining screw. That was a satisfying sound to hear them snug up to the deck when we tightened them

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Jack puts in the inspection port for the first time. We had to take it back out in order to have more room when the backer block issue arose. Plus the hardware was goofed up, I had some stop nuts that were the wrong size. I grabbed them from the bin at the hardware store without checking ALL of them. I normally do, but I was rushed because I was last customer in store. Also remember to pick up a few extra, in case something gets lost in hull

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Her is the rig we plan to use. Sail, mast and spars came from Craigslist, the sail matches new color

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Put another coat of paint on the stripes today then pulled off the tape. Also installed bow handle, halyard block and halyard cleat

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This Sunfish is ready to go!

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New bridle and inspection port, reinstalled with new hardware

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Aft deck stripes and cockpit. We left the vintage AMF Alcort sticker

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Deck paint and cockpit drying

Checked out Bud's deck paint today, it looks great!

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There are a few bubbles and fuzz bumps, but those can be knocked down with some fine grit sandpaper after paint dries thoroughly. Going for great on the paint could be the evil of good here

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The repaired area can still be seen, but that will be even less obvious once splashguard goes back onto the deck

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Cockpit is getting freshened up with Rust-oleum Marine paint

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Bow stripes and splashguard painting tomorrow

And Happy Spring!

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