Sidlicious
New Member
Hi,
This is my first post to sailingforums. I acquired a AMF Alcort Sailfish from a co-worker for $100. It was stored behind a shed (they don't know how long). Sails and rudders were kept indoors. Here are a few pictures of before and after cleaning it up.
Here is a picture of the hull.
When I flipped the boat I weighed it (based off forum posts about water logging and due to the fact when I got the boat I had to drain it for +10 minutes) and it came to 140 lbs. Also, when I brought the boat up in the air some things seemed to move around inside (I would say the size of a baseball maybe?).
My questions are as follows.
1.) What year is this boat? (after research I think it is a 1969-1071 but some of you probably know much better than me)
2.) If I am hearing things move around inside does that mean the foam (which I'm not sure of sailfish have them because I have only seen sunfish rebuild posts) that holds the high density foam in place is broken off? (again if a sailfish has this foam). What else could it be?
3.) Is 140 lbs reasonable for this boat? (on google the Super Sailfish (which is fiberglass) MK-II is supposed to weigh 98 lbs. I'm not sure if that is correct.)
Here is a link to all the images: Sailfish clean up and inspection
Thank you all for you time and comments. I'm hoping to learn to sail on this pretty lady.
-Sid
This is my first post to sailingforums. I acquired a AMF Alcort Sailfish from a co-worker for $100. It was stored behind a shed (they don't know how long). Sails and rudders were kept indoors. Here are a few pictures of before and after cleaning it up.
Here is a picture of the hull.
When I flipped the boat I weighed it (based off forum posts about water logging and due to the fact when I got the boat I had to drain it for +10 minutes) and it came to 140 lbs. Also, when I brought the boat up in the air some things seemed to move around inside (I would say the size of a baseball maybe?).
My questions are as follows.
1.) What year is this boat? (after research I think it is a 1969-1071 but some of you probably know much better than me)
2.) If I am hearing things move around inside does that mean the foam (which I'm not sure of sailfish have them because I have only seen sunfish rebuild posts) that holds the high density foam in place is broken off? (again if a sailfish has this foam). What else could it be?
3.) Is 140 lbs reasonable for this boat? (on google the Super Sailfish (which is fiberglass) MK-II is supposed to weigh 98 lbs. I'm not sure if that is correct.)
Here is a link to all the images: Sailfish clean up and inspection
Thank you all for you time and comments. I'm hoping to learn to sail on this pretty lady.
-Sid