Hey Everyone,
Good morning! As some of you know, I'm working on a couple restoration projects, and I'm glad to say that things are coming along nicely! The AMF Sunbird is very close to being finished; only the swing keel and line need to be serviced. As for the Sunfish racing overhaul, I finished it just last night after school, and I'm selling it to a close friend for $1,600 (trailer and cover included). Thus, since one is done and the other is on halt for a little while, I finally have time to work on my own sunfish! The original rudder was the pathetic little round one from the 1970s models (as she is a 1970, hull #14) and it broke in half when I was sailing her in the neighborhood lakes in a rainstorm with heavy winds. I made a new rudder out of solid oak, and also made it a bit larger than a normal one; this being said, she isn't class legal, but that's okay with me, because I'm only interested in setting speed records of my own! The fiberglass inside the cockpit needs help; the previous owner saw there was some cracking on the floor inside, and decided, "Oh, I'm too lazy to sand this down and do it properly, so I'll just take a foot-long, six-inch-wide strip of fiberglass and smother it with resin." So now I've got this nasty looking strip of fiberglass peeling up against the forward cockpit wall. First, however, before I begin working on that, I plan on sanding and repainting the deck; she was originally painted blue, but over time the paint has been chipped and scraped and abused, and she's looking pretty beat up. So, I was digging in the garage refrigerator yesterday, and found about a quart of leftover anti-foul paint. It isn't enough to be used on another hull job for Valiant, and it's been sitting in there for almost six months now, so I figured I might as well just use it for repainting the deck on the Sunfish. Is this a good idea? I want to get some feedback before I just go to town making a potential mistake ;P .
God Bless,
S.S.
Good morning! As some of you know, I'm working on a couple restoration projects, and I'm glad to say that things are coming along nicely! The AMF Sunbird is very close to being finished; only the swing keel and line need to be serviced. As for the Sunfish racing overhaul, I finished it just last night after school, and I'm selling it to a close friend for $1,600 (trailer and cover included). Thus, since one is done and the other is on halt for a little while, I finally have time to work on my own sunfish! The original rudder was the pathetic little round one from the 1970s models (as she is a 1970, hull #14) and it broke in half when I was sailing her in the neighborhood lakes in a rainstorm with heavy winds. I made a new rudder out of solid oak, and also made it a bit larger than a normal one; this being said, she isn't class legal, but that's okay with me, because I'm only interested in setting speed records of my own! The fiberglass inside the cockpit needs help; the previous owner saw there was some cracking on the floor inside, and decided, "Oh, I'm too lazy to sand this down and do it properly, so I'll just take a foot-long, six-inch-wide strip of fiberglass and smother it with resin." So now I've got this nasty looking strip of fiberglass peeling up against the forward cockpit wall. First, however, before I begin working on that, I plan on sanding and repainting the deck; she was originally painted blue, but over time the paint has been chipped and scraped and abused, and she's looking pretty beat up. So, I was digging in the garage refrigerator yesterday, and found about a quart of leftover anti-foul paint. It isn't enough to be used on another hull job for Valiant, and it's been sitting in there for almost six months now, so I figured I might as well just use it for repainting the deck on the Sunfish. Is this a good idea? I want to get some feedback before I just go to town making a potential mistake ;P .
God Bless,
S.S.
