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Our SUN continues to amaze. FIRST X-Class Flare of Solar cycle 25. (3) jssailem at 7:34am 07.08.21 Weather and Forecasting 0/1057 First X-class flare of SC25 An X1.5 flare was produced on 3 July (peak at 14:29UT) by a region tha
Guest Galvanic Isolators RitSim at 7:22am 07.08.21 Ask All Sailors 5/1424 Adding two galvanic isolators to my AC system. The diagram shows the Guest Isolator in series with
Yanmar 2qm15 Fuel return bypass?? Boomer2it at 7:13am 07.08.21 Ask All Sailors 9/3276 reading some old threads, I am curious how bypassing the fuel return line direct to the fuel tank wa
Accessing the raw water pump? geoffreykwright at 6:19am 07.08.21 C&C 3/1052 I'm working on a friend's 1971 C'C 35 Mk 1. The boat has an atomic 4 engine. The water pump is on
Fixing a ding in a lead keel geoffreykwright at 6:12am 07.08.21 Ask All Sailors 8/3046 A friend put a ding on the leading edge of the lead keel on his C'C 35 (grounding). I'm helping him
Looking for a sail boat. westy21 at 6:00am 07.08.21 Ask All Sailors 1/312 Hi, just sold my beauty full jeanneau 39i. Looking for the next one. I am on the market for: Benete
1987 Cat22 Sink Drain (1) John Marrone at 5:51am 07.08.21 Catalina 22 3/750 So........I'll start by assuming the "Keel Trunk" is the two small teak panel cover areas in the flo
Air Conditioning Install on C30 (7) Ward H at 6:53pm 07.07.21 Ask All Sailors 4/794
Replacing trailer hand winch cable with UHMWPE synthetic winch rope ? Leeward Rail at 5:09pm 07.07.21 Catalina 22 4/2014 The winch cable on our trailer is old and needs replacing. In addition to it's normal use on the tra
Irwin 37CC non skid pattern HunterBob at 4:17pm 07.07.21 Irwin 7/1571 I'm the proud new owner of a 1979 Irwin 37CC. Needs work (what boat doesn't). I need to make repairs
Hunter 386 Stern Flag (2) Gary Ryan at 4:11pm 07.07.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1669 Hey Guys, I have a simple one here. Found a stern flag hidden in our boat. Doesn't stay in the ho
Port Lights: Who made these? (3) Brazil at 3:43pm 07.07.21 Ask All Sailors 3/635 Can anyone please help me identify the manufacturer of these port lights? I need replacement parts f
Hunter 44DS and 426DS front head hatch measurement? Skipper Chris at 2:56pm 07.07.21 Big Boats 2/507 Hi guy's, I'm about 1600 miles away from the boat and would like to have a new hatch made to bring
275 Traveler and Main Sheet F260SS at 1:43pm 07.07.21 Catalina 275 10/2715 I was reading through the 275 Sport manual today and noticed that the traveler and main sheet are su
Strange whining sound at engine cut off - thoughts? gsg900 at 12:05pm 07.07.21 Big Boats 9/1247 Ok Hunter folks - long time lurker, first time poster. Tried to search the forums for some solution
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. jssailem at 11:37am 07.07.21 Ask All Sailors 19/2310 What is Wobbly? It is a British descriptive name given to a canal boat. Boats are narrow and used in
Will this battery charger work? SailorElliot at 6:21am 07.07.21 Ask All Sailors 3/1013 Hello! I just bought a Flicka 20, and it came with these batteries. I realized recently that the on
Water dripping from salon lights SVFinally at 5:09am 07.07.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1235 We have an H376. When it rains, hard, we have water coming in through the 3 center lights in the sa
Simpson Lawrence Sprint 900 Windlass Issues Nodak7 at 4:54am 07.07.21 Big Boats 24/3733 Our Simpson Lawrence Sprint 900 Windlass was making a racket last time we anchored. It had been a ye
New H240 patbratton at 4:47am 07.07.21 Smaller Boats 11/1193 Headed from Wildwood to Jupiter Florida to purchase 1998 H240. We have to tow back to Atlanta. If it

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What happen with Hunter drawings? DRhoads at 12:14pm 12.09.24 let us all know what you find. Would be nice to have or at least able to view for........ "It woul
Cups on strings on covers? Why?? kappykaplan at 11:26am 12.09.24 Amazing what AI can do . . .
Cups on strings on covers? Why?? (1) jssailem at 11:23am 12.09.24 And they say... Oh, look at that cute little mousy face...
Fresh Water Leak kappykaplan at 11:15am 12.09.24 I had a friend do that and it was salty! The problem was it was a freshwater boat. Turns out his wa
Interior wood slats for C30? Stu Jackson at 11:01am 12.09.24 BTW I don't think those are slats but Ash plywood. It's Ash but not plywood. Go to any lumber sto
Cups on strings on covers? Why?? Timm R Oday25 at 10:51am 12.09.24 I've had mice in both my sailboat and powerboat over the winter . Even mice can do a fair amount of
Interior wood slats for C30? jssailem at 10:45am 12.09.24 Maybe you could find tongue and groove thin flooring or paneling to make your repairs. Finding an
Cups on strings on covers? Why?? jssailem at 10:37am 12.09.24 To prevent mice from climbing up? Those look more like rats:yikes: than mice...
Capri C-15 Coronado parts needed jssailem at 10:32am 12.09.24 Rubrail, or hull joint that has broken apart Rub rail is different that the hull joint. Check Taco
Route & weather planning jssailem at 10:28am 12.09.24 It just seems we haven't progressed very far even though we have alot of good Data available. When
replacing portlights (2) PNWE36 at 10:00am 12.09.24 Hi, I replaced all the portlights in my 2011 H36e this spring. I tried to find the same information
Fresh Water Leak BrianH at 8:50am 12.09.24 ou began with the premise that you had a fresh water leak. Have you absolutely confirmed by tasting
Route & weather planning dLj at 8:25am 12.09.24
Looking for a sailing buddy in Colorado! roowhyduh at 8:21am 12.09.24 Oh nice! Do you know anyone who has a boat that would be willing to take me out?
Route & weather planning CrispyCringle at 8:16am 12.09.24 I use PredictWind. It seems to do a pretty decent job, with a max forecast of 10 days out. You can b
Route & weather planning BarryL at 8:01am 12.09.24 Hello, I believe that all of the serious racers use Expedition Software https://www.expeditionmari
Interior wood slats for C30? Calif. Ted at 7:10am 12.09.24 The original supplier in California was a place in Rancho Dominguez that closed about a decade ago.
Cups on strings on covers? Why?? Project_Mayhem at 7:07am 12.09.24 Ahh that does make sense though I don't know how effective the cups would be. I had a racoon get int
Route & weather planning Davidasailor26 at 7:04am 12.09.24
Route & weather planning dLj at 6:59am 12.09.24 Sounds like you want a computer to drive your boat. Weather prediction is darned good 3 days out,

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