Restoration of a Super Sunfish
Recently, I've been spending a lot of time down in Ft. Myers with Alaina and her family. Her dad is really into sailing and has a handful of boats ranging from a small Sunfish to Gulfstar 41. I actually had no idea they had a Sunfish until I found it behind a tree, overturned, where it had apparently sat for over a decade. Luckily it was in the shade and the fiberglass was still decent and the sail was kept indoors. However, there were roots growing in and around the hull (some had even found their way through the hull/deck joint), all the lines had to be replaced, the hardware was a complete mess and the rudder, daggerboard and tiller were all faded and cracked. Here is what she looked like after I turned her over and dragged it up to the house: So, first things first. Alaina started with a pressure washer: Next, she tackled the sailing hardware: In the meantime I tried to get the hand trailer out of a tree that had actually grown around it. A few strokes o