Fellow Beneteau sailors : I am very proud to welcome all Beneteau Owners & Crew to the Club Beneteau Yahoo Group. As you know, our boats are made by the...
Hello Paul and the members of Club Beneteau.This is a great idea,my wife Patti and I had a Catalina 270 for six years before we moved up to our present boat.A...
Hi Wayne : Yes...like you I hope that this C/B Yahoo group will be a good thing for all of us. It just makes sense that there should be a place that's (not...
Funny you should metion that model,Patti loves that boat.As for me,the 331 worked great for our trip and the draft did cause a bit of keel envy from the other...
Just a brief note to say hello to this new group. My wife and I are happy owners of a Beneteau 323 and sail out of St. Clair Shores. Paul, I think this is a...
Hi Wes : Thanks for the kind words... Although this is proving a bit slow to get under way, I am confident that there is a need for it. C'mon over to Lakeview...
Fellow B'sailors : There are a number of events & activities being held that are of interest to us during the weekend of the Annapolis sailboat show. For those...
Yes, Patti and I are going to be at the show in Annapolis Saturday and Sunday.We will be looking at High Output Alternators,Solar Panels,Monitors and anything...
Hi, We have a 285 First. We have just purchased a folding prop from Beneteau. We are having difficulty removing the old prop (1988). Has anyone else taken...
Hi Cindy : Have you any idea how long the current prop has been on the shaft ?? I'm just curious... FWIW, if the prop is "fused" to the shaft...I'd be inclined...
Thanks for your answer. The prop is original to the boat (1988). We were able to remove the anode easily, we have straightened the washer that has a key...
Hi, I found your group and decided to join to keep in touch with fellow Beneteau sailors. I started a Yahoo group called FirstClass_8 hoping to attract other...
Hello jrdesign : Welcome to our "seldom travelled" yahoo group. All about us is at www.winpipe.ca Where are you from ?? I set this group up as a way for our...
Hi Paul, I live in Oshkosh, Wi and do most of my sailing on Lake Winnebago. I bought the"Benny" First Class 8 last year in New York on a trailer. The boat is a...
Dear John,  Greetings from at least one other Beneteau sailor on the great lakes. I see that Paul has already made contact.  My wife and I sail a...
Thanks, I love your boat name! I do some sailing on Lake Michigan also out of Sheboygan WI. My son has a Laser 28 I can bum a ride on. We have other Benny's on...
Does anyone have experience with SSB installation? I want to install one in my First 345 and need a good counterpoise. Can the radio be grounded to the keel...
Hi Ken : There is a very experienced shipright called Larry Rekowski (L&M Marine) & I can highly reccommend him to you, as he is very familier with all the...
Hi Ron : Welcome to our (unfortunitly) seldom used forum. The Admiral & I are hoping to do the trip from the Great Lakes south along the East coast to the Keys...
Hi Paul Sounds like a retirement trip, most definitely stop by, I live at teh Salt Ponds Marina Resort which is right off the Chesapeake bay just inside the...
Ron : Freshwater still has some grunge that likes our hulls, but (you're very right..) nothing quite so nasty as in salt water. Perhaps you may not have heard...