a poem by Robert Frost
The people along the sand
All turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land.
They look at the sea all day.As long as it takes to pass
A ship keeps raising its hull;
The wetter ground like glass
Reflects a standing gull.The land may vary more;
But wherever the truth may be—
The water comes ashore,
And the people look at the sea.They cannot look out far.
They cannot look in deep.
But when was that ever a bar
To any watch they keep?
here is an another video on how to rig, or set up, your Sunfish so that it is ready to sail. this video was created by Carolina State Parks – it looks like Sunfish are available to use at Lake Norman Community Sailing.
they give the following steps:
I’ve posted other videos and various topics previously on how to rig your Sunfish.
here is another great video from Steve King of North Shore Yacht Club in Highland Park, Illinois. I’ve previously posted his great videos for “rigging a Sunfish sailboat” and “rigging a Sunfish sailboat – part 2” and a promo video for “North Shore Yacht Club“.
in this video, Steve breaks down the tacking sequence into the following main steps, and shows the sequence in slow motion for each part:
this is more or less exactly how I’ve been doing it, maybe not quite as smooth and practiced as he shows! thoughts? anyone out there with a preferred method that you’ve perfected as an alternate?
this video method is certainly different than this previously suggested sunfish tacking technique.
9 years.
happy blog birthday to my blog about Sunfish sailing. hard to believe I’m closing in on a decade.
anyway, thanks again to all of you who follow along and pretend to read my posts, and extra special thanks to those of you brave enough to make a comment or two.
I’ve had fun blogging, sailing, and blogging about sailing, and hope to keep doing it for the near future!
cheers,
my2fish
a GoPro video screenshot from Sunfish sailing in the rain the other day.
it was an interesting afternoon: winds seemed light and shifty at times and the sky out on the horizon looked dark and cloudy. radar showed a big storm coming across Lake Michigan, but it seemed like it might pass up to the north of Camp. my son T2 and I decided to try sailing on our Sunfish and Minifish despite the chance of rain.
as we started rigging our boats the first rain drops started to fall. but I didn’t see anything to dark on the horizon and had not heard any thunder. we figured let’s try it out and see if we could at least get a quick sail.
I sent him off in the Minifish and then raised the sail on my Sunfish. winds were mostly from the south and had picked up some. rain continued to drip down on me, just a nice gentle rain.
as we sailed, the wind and waves both kept increasing as the rainstorm kept coming from the west and across Lake Michigan. I was able to snap a few pics before it got too intense.
T2 sailing behind me, Camp Arcadia on the shoreline of Lake Michigan behind him.
the cool rain was awesome and as the wind and waves kept picking up it just got better. we were both flying across the water, mostly just reaches east and west, as I didn’t want to wander to far north or south up the shoreline with the storm close.
it was an awesome afternoon of sailing!
made some upgrades to my trailer for taking both the Sunfish and the Minifish on vacation. built a 4’x8′ base and A-frame our of 2x lumber, with custom bunks to support the side of each boat. the box portion of the trailer can then be used for storage for several totes with beach and sailing gear. we’ll see how it trailers on the road, but hopefully is a good long term solution to trailer two boats and still have plenty of storage space. 
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