{"id":5555,"date":"2021-11-02T22:02:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T03:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=5555"},"modified":"2022-06-25T10:30:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T15:30:29","slug":"sunfish-sailboat-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/02\/sunfish-sailboat-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"1977 AMF Alcort Sunfish Sailboat Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:192,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/playlist?list=PLmHP4lUqxKmv13lkNpPqG2FbnV9L4aaL0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260415044918\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/playlist?list=PLmHP4lUqxKmv13lkNpPqG2FbnV9L4aaL0&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 09:19:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 10:07:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 10:07:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:193,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/amzn.to\\\/3HSw8A3&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/gp\\\/product\\\/B07R632RMN?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=burningorg-20&amp;linkId=25072163fd7c84b9e87d9f9b047f15b2&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/in_u-haul-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/in_u-haul-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"sunfish sailboat inside u-haul\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/in_u-haul-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/in_u-haul-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/in_u-haul-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/in_u-haul-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/in_u-haul-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I purchased an old (1977 manufacture date) AMF Alcort Sunfish 14 foot sailing dinghy. \u00a0 It was mostly complete and almost &#8220;ready-to-sail&#8221;, except for the broken auto-bailer, and cracked rudder, but the price was right.<\/p>\n<p>Since I had to repair the crack in the rudder, I decided to go overboard and completely restore the entire rudder and tiller assembly. And once the rudder looked nice, I had left-over varnish and decided to go ahead and re-surface the daggerboard as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thumbnail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thumbnail-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thumbnail-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thumbnail-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thumbnail-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thumbnail-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thumbnail-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thumbnail-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also added a ratcheting mainsheet block, replaced all of the lines and purchased some necessary accessories (deck cover, beach dolly).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/under-sail-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/under-sail-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Sailboat in Lake\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/under-sail-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/under-sail-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/under-sail-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/under-sail-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/under-sail-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/under-sail-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the first sail I drained all of the water out of the hull (which MIGHT have already been in there&#8230;..maybe&#8230;.) and purchased a better drain plug and rigged up a solar powered fan to dry things out. If I find water inside after the second sail, I&#8217;ll probably be doing some fiberglass hull repair.<\/p>\n<p>You can see all of the details by watching the (multiple!) videos in this YouTube playlist:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLmHP4lUqxKmv13lkNpPqG2FbnV9L4aaL0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLmHP4lUqxKmv13lkNpPqG2FbnV9L4aaL0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLmHP4lUqxKmv13lkNpPqG2FbnV9L4aaL0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve found that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HSw8A3\">Better Boat Mini-Paddle<\/a> fits perfectly into the rear cubbyhole on my 1977 boat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I purchased an old (1977 manufacture date) AMF Alcort Sunfish 14 foot sailing dinghy. \u00a0 It was mostly complete and almost &#8220;ready-to-sail&#8221;, except for the broken auto-bailer, and cracked rudder, but the price was right. 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