RESTORING TWO SUNFISH

  SURVEYING THE SITUATION

BOAT ONE:

    Boat #1 is in better shape and therefore will require less work to make it "perfect" than Boat 2. After lying in the yard for a year, they were pretty dirty, so the first thing I did was flip them up on their sides and lash them to some nearby trees and scrub them down with bleach water, a rag, and in some places a green scrub pad to get the difficult spots.

Like any boat that has been pulled up on rocky beaches, there was some damage to the underside



There is text leftover from belonging to MHAFB, and the splashguard looks awful.


   
The rudder and daggerboard have cracked varnish in places and dings and gouges in others.
The aluminum hardware is cloudy and looks generally bad.

    Goals we have set for Boat 1 include:

• Refinishing the rudder, daggerboard, and associated hardware
• Possibly anodizing and dying the rudder hardware
• Thoroughly cleaning the top and bottom of the boat
• Filling the abrasions and smoothing the hull
• Replacing the drain unit
• Removing the text from the top of the hull and possibly painting the top
• Re-painting the splashguard
• Installing one or two inspection ports

BOAT TWO:

Boat Two has a few more issues:

There is a rather large abrasion aft of the daggerboard slot, and
a drilled hole just ahead of the daggerboard slot. Also lots of minor abrasions.



The seam on the starboard side has split open for nearly four feet.
Also, the aluminum trim piece is missing here.



There is a serious-looking crack in the keel that goes rather deep into the fiberglass.



There are some minor dents in the hull.

Surprisingly, where Boat 2 is not damaged, the condition appears to be better than boat one.
Rudder and daggerboard: MIA at the time these pictures were taken.


Goals we have set for Boat Two are similar to Boat One but more extensive and include:

• Locating the rudder and daggerboard
• Refinishing the rudder, daggerboard, and associated hardware
• Possibly anodizing and dying the rudder hardware
• Thoroughly cleaning the top and bottom of the boat
• Filling the abrasions and dents, and smoothing the hull
• Filling the drilled hole in the keel
• Cleaning and smoothing the crack in the keel and filling it
• Repairing the split seam
• Removing the text from the top of the hull and possibly painting the top
• Re-painting the splashguard
• Installing one or two inspection ports
  
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