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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/

I can help here, I just had the same problem with my engine flush screw, I used big square shafted screw drivers with a shifter on the shaft but it wouldn't budge. So I came up with this idea, I used a large perfectly fitting screw driver bit from an impact set, I fitted this in to my AEG cordless s...

I transported mine from the US to Australia back in 2013, I engaged a specialist company to do this for me, this is all they do, they have done it thousands of times for many years, RORO was the only option they make available, it is easy and cheap, you only pay for the boat and trailer, you don't p...

These comments are all good information but what I really want to know is how are you guys getting access to the bottom of your boat? Mine is on a dual axle multi roller trailer, 48 rollers are all in the way to try and paint on trailer so what is the best way to do this? Mine needs doing this summer.

Hi Moderators, I have a mate who has been trying to join the forum for months now but the Captcha security field is not working and he is not able to get past that point, he tells me this has been going on for months so maybe we are missing many other potential new members too? In any case can someo...