Shoreline Sailboats just posted a great video showing some of the steps and process of converting an older style Sunfish rudder to the current rudder system.
Small Boat Restoration also has a good blog post “sunfish rudder conversion” about this same upgrade, with a lot of photos of the process as well.
old style rudder (photo by Small Boat Restoration)
new style rudder (photo by Small Boat Restoration)
all 1972 and newer Sunfish are equipped with the current “new” style of rudder, so this only applies to those of you who have currently, or are looking to buy, an older Sunfish. back then, the manufacturer of the Sunfish was AMF, and they released a write-up with the procedure to upgrade the rudder.
my2fish: a blog about sunfish sailing 
Thnk you for your video-very informative.
I’m looking for a dagerboard and old style rudder for Ailfish, any suggestions?
Thanks,
Pete
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Pete, look in the “For sale” section, or post a “wanted ad” on the Sunfish Forum.
https://sailingforums.com/sunfish/
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