Another Sunfish Build

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David Roach

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New guy here. Training the dog all year getting ready for duck season Just need a boat! I saw a bunch of Sunfish conversions and decided I could do that too. Always wanted to build a boat anyway. Plan is to chop a few feet off the back and build a sneak box for the salt marshes and rivers.

Got her home and started tearing her down for the build back up. As u can see she came with some extra spots to fix up.

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Empty hull! Time to gather supplies! How much epoxy would you reckon I should order if I’m adding bulkheads, knees, and putting ply on for the deck, plus the repairs?

Have a great weekend all!
 
Cool project!
I have access to several old Sunfish hulls right now. I'd being doing the same but I just don't have anywhere to store another boat!
 
Got the stern cut down. This will be it for a week or two. Just got to get her inside the garage and out of the weather.

Measured back two feet and did my best to keep it square. Used a combination square to transfer the line down to the hull.
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Not horrible :)
 

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Might have the opportunity to get a free laser hull. It’s my understanding that hull is more suited to motor power? If so I might go with that instead. Pros vs Cons?

Thanks
 
Wow. Well done so far. Curious how much all the stuff you cut out and removed weighed.
I like the lines on the sunfish. The laser is round chine I believe. If you are OK with semi displacement speeds what you have will likely be a good hunting rig. But if your goal is faster then both original sailing shapes are going to have issues with excess power applied with a propeller at the stern vs from the lever arm of a sail. Great project for the Fall season with the new dog.
 
I didn’t weigh anything. But the empty hull is very easy to pick up and move. And I do think I’ll stick to the sunfish after thinking about it for a day.
 
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You may have searched the forum for previous sunfish conversions, but if not below is a link to one by Steve Sanford. It should get the creative juices flowing.

Gilgo Gunboat - a Sunfish conversion

All~ In response to Joe Daly's inquiry, I have expanded the post on my own website to include 52 images of the conversion process. So here is a lighter presentation. For the complete blow-by-blow, go to "How I Do It" tab: http://stevenjaysanford.com/sunfish-to-gunning-boat/ Here are the...
duckboats.net duckboats.net
 
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