Re: Stus-List Missing Sail Track

2012-11-18 Thread Bill Connon
Sam Salter wrote: Your talking about a mast gate - like this: http://www.beneteau235.com/f235_mods-mast_gate.htm sam :-) On 2012-11-17, at 8:32 PM, Bill Connon wrote: Sam, That looks even better than the one that I hatched up! Bill Caprice 1 - C&C 36 New Richmond, Qc. ___

Re: Stus-List missing sail track?

2012-11-18 Thread Wally Bryant
Eric - I think it's common for that spar, and always assumed that the mast was designed for a rope luff. A lot of folks have made a cover for the slot to keep the slides in the track. I did this: Fiberglass turned out to

Re: Stus-List missing sail track?

2012-11-18 Thread dwight veinot
Wally I looked at the photos of what you did. The mast on Stella Blue appears to be quite different from the mast on my 35 MKII. On my boat the gate is about a foot above the gooseneck and only about 2 inches long and it has to be opened to install or remove the slugs for the main sail. I think

Re: Stus-List 1981 Gel Coat Color

2012-11-18 Thread Graham Collins
Hi Jonathan I borrowed an Awlgrip color card from the local outfit that originally painted Secret Plans - they were a bit embarrassed that they did not have a record of what colors they used. I'd call it a 5 foot repair - can't be noticed from > 5 feet away. I don't think it applies to you, b

Re: Stus-List Missing Sail Track

2012-11-18 Thread Alan Bergen
I tried doing what Bill suggested, adding metal strips to narrow the gap, but the slugs bent the stainless strips out of shape, and the slugs pulled free of the mast. I mounted the strips with five screws, and that still wasn't enough to prevent the strips from bending. The wide opening in my ma

Re: Stus-List Missing Sail Track

2012-11-18 Thread Bill Connon
Alan Bergen wrote: I tried doing what Bill suggested, adding metal strips to narrow the gap, but the slugs bent the stainless strips out of shape, and the slugs pulled free of the mast. I mounted the strips with five screws, and that still wasn't enough to prevent the strips from bending. The

Re: Stus-List Missing Sail Track

2012-11-18 Thread Dennis C.
http://www.mastgates.com/ Dennis C. ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com

Re: Stus-List Yanmar exhaust mix elbow COSTS

2012-11-18 Thread Steve Thomas
"Official" Yanmar dealers are territorial, and are not allowed to ship to customers outside of their territory. I live in Ontario, and the Michigan dealer with a large online presence is not allowed to ship parts to me. That is not to say that other channels are not available, but Yanmar tries to