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LOL, Why oh WHY would anyone want to attract lightning to their boat?????? Your mast is currently insulated and isolated from a lightning strike, just park close to a yacht with a higher mast if you are worried.

I'm no authority on grease nipple sizes but I own an older American car and the grease nipples on that are exactly the same size as my current Japanese car, maybe your grease gun is worn? Test it on some other vehicle first? If all else fails just buy a handful of new grease nipples from a car parts...

LOL, don't listen to the naysayers, no these are not blue or green water boats but they are very capable in a three or four foot swell, the worst I have been in is 2 meter swell (about 6-7 foot) and was not in fear at all, they are very sturdy and slam down the face of a big wave well, I wouldn't su...

Watching one of the original Macgregor 26X promotional videos the other day and they said something that surprised me, they said that the concept behind the tilting captain seat and walk through transom was for easy boarding while at dock, simply step off the dock on to the transom and walk aboard. ...

Hi Mods, I have a weird problem, I have been a member of the Australian group for many years no problem, however just now I have no permission to access it when I am logged in, if I stay logged out I can read it no problem? Any ideas? Cheers, Den.

That's odd, it works for me, oh well, doesn't matter, every chandler has them, try this one https://www.sailrite.com/Sail-Track-Stop-Round

If that doesn't work just google "Sail Track stop", many come up when I do it, go to Google images and you will see them.

Cheers, Den.

Maybe I'm misinterpreting what you are after but I cant imagine why you would go to that much trouble when you can just buy one of these, I have been using these for years and they are perfect.

https://www.whitworths.com.au/sail-track-stop-round

Cheers, Den.

I'll say it, no one else wants to, the X is better than the M, there, I said it. :D Now for why (for me).... I live in a tropical area, cabin size is moot, here we spend far more time in the cockpit, therefore, a bigger (and it is much bigger) cockpit is relevant to us here. Next, easier access to t...

Have a look at these guys and what they achieved in the early 70's, they landed right where I live and we have named parts of our local area after their rafts and crew. In fact I launch my yacht just near "La Balsa Park", fascinating story and truly gutsy (albeit psycho) effort by these guys. You ma...

Here's my favourite place I visited this summer (so far, still summer here), it is south Moreton Island, Queensland Australia, a place called the big sand hill. My boat is in the middle of the second picture, the water is soooo blue and sand is sooo white, even better than the pictures. https://driv...

Thanks Jeff but I already have replacements, just don't know how to go about fitting them yet, yes when I find out how they are attached I will let you know.

Hi People, After a recent severe grounding on a sandbank with my rudders tied in the down position I need to replace the two fairleads on the lower transom that help hold the rudders down while travelling. They are completely broken and luckily wore the brunt of the force and no damage occured to th...

Hi Dave, In relation to your sails, I still have the original main and it is pot bellied also although I can remove some of that with the vang, however about 2 years ago my original Gyb exploded in the wind and I had to replace it, I found a like for like replacement at Evolution sails on the gold c...

Please don't ever use an impact driver on your engine case or leg as suggested in this post, it is cast aluminium (or aluminum for you in the US), do this only at your own peril, you run the risk of cracking the case and man is that expensive to fix.

These guys did mine, I highly recommend them.

https://www.dazmac.com.au/