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GRAVITY VS. SUNFISH SAILBOAT – WEST SYSTEM® TO THE RESCUE Bay Ray McCarthy I love to sail when I can, but my Sunfish spends most of its days suspended from my very busy garage ceiling. Last year, I rebuilt Shenanigans, a 1980 Sunfish. Having ricocheted off a few too many rocks in her day, she […]
By Eric Sponberg In 1978, at 28, my wife Arliss and I sailed our 27′ Bianca, Duprass, from England to California. It was on that trip that I first learned of WEST SYSTEM® Epoxy in the form of an ULDB (ultra light displacement boat) named Circus Maximus. My first hands-on experience mixing WEST SYSTEM Epoxy […]
By Kai Sturmann. In this article, we explore the rebirth of a classic rowing shell. Not having any particular skills in wooden boat building or repair, I embarked on a project to resuscitate a near-derelict wooden rowing shell. Determination is a 23′, Joseph Garofalo-built, single sliding-seat wherry. While fully expecting this to be an immersive […]
By Don Gutzmer – GBI Technical Advisor Investigating the Damage As with any repair, determining the extent of the damage is paramount. One must embody a marine surveyor’s mindset to determine the underlying issue, then devise an effective repair that will also prevent the problem from returning. The first step I took was to “sound” […]
By Ray McCarthy A friend gave me his well-used 1980 Sunfish sailboat, Stinkin’ Tuna. He and his brother had learned how to turn the boat (tacking) by ricocheting off rocks on Long Island Sound. Over the years they had kept the wreckage floatable with the application of non-hydrodynamic fiberglass patches. Though they made the boat […]
