Hey Everyone,
Good morning! It's been about a week or so since I've posted anything on here; I've just been so busy, between Valentines Day and wrapping up college class selections and work! It wasn't really until yesterday, in fact, that I found myself a few hours of freetime. The winds were howling at a solid 23 knots, which is my kind of weather! I was so excited, in fact, that I woke up, got dressed and loaded up my Sunfish. When I got to the neighborhood lakes I was, to say the least, impressed; the wind was blowing so hard that the water from the fountains in the middle of the water (about sixty yards away) was being carried downwind and I could feel it hitting my face as a sort of mist. I backed the trailer down the boat ramp, put her in the water, rigged her up on the side of the lake and shoved off. I sailed around for almost four hours, beating hazardously upwind, coming around the far fountain, and then broad-reaching down to the other fountain on a plane; I would then jybe around the other fountain and repeat. I also tried to practice roll tacks, but the wind was so furious that every time I tried I almost got knocked over.
Anyway, it was all good fun until I was flying downind to beach the boat and de-rig her. As I was approaching the halfway mark (a tree on the side of the lake), I heard a loud crack, and the boat suddenly rounded upwind. Broken tiller. Oh joy. So. Now I'm trying to find an appropriate replacement for it; I was thinking maybe aluminum or stainless. Something that isn't gonna break! Any ideas or recommendations?
God Bless,
S.S.
Good morning! It's been about a week or so since I've posted anything on here; I've just been so busy, between Valentines Day and wrapping up college class selections and work! It wasn't really until yesterday, in fact, that I found myself a few hours of freetime. The winds were howling at a solid 23 knots, which is my kind of weather! I was so excited, in fact, that I woke up, got dressed and loaded up my Sunfish. When I got to the neighborhood lakes I was, to say the least, impressed; the wind was blowing so hard that the water from the fountains in the middle of the water (about sixty yards away) was being carried downwind and I could feel it hitting my face as a sort of mist. I backed the trailer down the boat ramp, put her in the water, rigged her up on the side of the lake and shoved off. I sailed around for almost four hours, beating hazardously upwind, coming around the far fountain, and then broad-reaching down to the other fountain on a plane; I would then jybe around the other fountain and repeat. I also tried to practice roll tacks, but the wind was so furious that every time I tried I almost got knocked over.
Anyway, it was all good fun until I was flying downind to beach the boat and de-rig her. As I was approaching the halfway mark (a tree on the side of the lake), I heard a loud crack, and the boat suddenly rounded upwind. Broken tiller. Oh joy. So. Now I'm trying to find an appropriate replacement for it; I was thinking maybe aluminum or stainless. Something that isn't gonna break! Any ideas or recommendations?
God Bless,
S.S.