Took Madison and Zip out for a day sail today, winds 8-10 knots, water and air temp 72 degrees.
Zip had to have the spar interlocking hardware repaired, the bronze lower eye failed on the original hardware.
Jim Reineck manufactured a new lower tab and eye and attached the original upper tab and eye. It looks great and worked perfectly.
The dolly is perfect to move Zip around, the wooden hull weighs about 145 pounds alone, without the rig.
Securing the main halyard.
Nice breeze heading out.
Having fun.
Zip sails better with the 2nd generation rudder, longer and thinner than the early Elephant Ear rudders. This rudder is the same rudder used on the Super Sailfish MKII, early 1960s.
We used a daggerboard from our 1965 Sunfish Wave, it is about 11 inches longer than the original board. Zip turned on the dime with the longer board.
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