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09-14-2006, 11:51 PM
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my newest toy...
I just picked up my 1965 Alcort Sunfish sailboat. The lower hull is off-white, the upper is aqua with no stripe. It has the old-style rudder and is in good condition. It's sitting on the rustiest little trailer I've ever seen, with little 8 inch wheels on it. I think the trailer is going to need more repair and restoration than the boat itself. Anybody here play with tiny little boats?
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09-15-2006, 12:19 AM
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How's the sail. The material is subject to rot. Most of the money is in the sail. 
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09-15-2006, 12:20 AM
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The sail looks great. OEM sails run about $300, aftermarket sails that can't be used in races run $200ish. Our club bought a bunch of sails in bulk for $85 each, just for daily use.
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09-15-2006, 12:33 AM
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Way cool, Dave. I have had the pleasure of sailing an AMF Force 5 for a couple of summers, and a ZUMA for equal amount of time. The Zuma was new, modern and loads of fun, while the force 5 had a bit of "Weather helm" which made it a bit mild in the handling department. Both were approximately 10' waterline, and could carry 2 people "comfortably".
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09-15-2006, 01:27 AM
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That sounds like a really cool boat. Congrats.
Just a thought, I found out the hard way that buying a new galvanized trailer for $350 for my little 13" Boston Whaler was much cheaper than fixing the old one. After I spent over $150 on new tires and wheel bearings, the axle snapped in half sitting in the driveway(salt water boats are a pain). A bare axle was $175 without U bolts, so I just bought a new trailer and kept the wheel/hub/tire combo's as spares.
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09-15-2006, 09:59 AM
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Buy a set of extra wide thule racks for your cherokee and a wind-surfing mast cradle if you don't have to move it around much. If you are at a club, why not put it on saw horses? I understand needing a trailer if you are going to race it at other events.
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09-15-2006, 02:58 PM
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In the bathtub....
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09-15-2006, 04:39 PM
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Way too cool. Man that brings back memories. They were the boat to have back then. I'm sure you will have a ball with it. I was in one 3 times, wind died 3 times, paddled back in 3 times and that was it for me. And it wasn't like we were close to shore when we started paddling either...
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09-15-2006, 06:00 PM
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I'm not even sure what that is. Any pics?
I wouldn't mess with the trailer, little galvinized trailers can be had for under $300. IMHO in salt water even a new steel trailer is worth its weight for scrap.
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09-15-2006, 06:29 PM
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http://www.sunfishsailboats.com/
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