Hey guys. I am 14 and am a Sea Scout, a junior instructor at a sailing camp, a member of my school's sailing race team, and a member of US sailing. I mostly race 420's (420 cm long, nice racing boats) and lasers. I pretty much race all around shoreline connecticut, and sometimes other states. I also have a remote control sailboat (within my huge collection of remote control vehicles) Ages ago my dad and I helped someone out by fixing up a very sad looking sunfish for the summer. We repainted the deck, restored the gel coat, put on a bunch of new blocks and misc stuff, re-varnished the blades, cleaned up the aluminum parts, and made everything look really nice. For the remaining half of the summer, my dad taught me how to sail on a nearby lake. I fell in love with the boat it's wonderful simplicity. At the end of the summer we had to give it back, but it was an amazing experience. After years of searching and dreaming, and gaining skill with all my sailing clubs and stuff, I finally found the perfect boat, at a perfect price. It's a '76 sunfish with a blue bottom, stripes, and blue and white sail. It was in excellent condition with no holes, no tears in the sail, just perfect. All of this only set me back 300 dollars. Next to nothing! So i took it home just last week, and used some spar varnish to fix up the blades. I also cleaned up a bunch of other stuff. Now it looks as if it were new. This weekend i'll bring her out for her maiden voyage (with me, anyway). It so exciting to finally have my own sunfish. I hope i can further my knowledge while here.
The forums just really slow this time of year, itll start speeding up soon since it is becoming sailing season, Happy sailing
You posted in April? Maybe your Connecticut water is a comfortable temperature in April, but don't expect to see many other Sunfish out there! And yes, Welcome!
