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Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power
thinwater at 11:45am 08.31.21
At dock, box fans rule. One in the fore hatch works if you are in the cabin (also very useful on exa
pint blotches on radar screen
dlochner at 11:43am 08.31.21
Can you get a screenshot of the blotches? Radar images are never sharp, they are just blotches. On m
Beneteau 361 new owner
JamesG161 at 11:42am 08.31.21
plan to go up mast and try everything . The Boom angle is the key... Jim...
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tfox2069 at 11:41am 08.31.21
I also ran across a post from Jackdaw from a few years ago which answered the same question deep int
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power
Captain Larry-DH at 11:39am 08.31.21
Search the web for "hatch umbrella" "breeze booster" "wind scoop" "hatch scoop" etc. with the right
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sesmith at 11:37am 08.31.21
Interesting devise. Would a typical boat hook work as well? Or was a boat hook modified to produce
Hunter 430, how do I run a seatalk cable between pedistal and instruments in the arch? Also to the nav station?
JamesG161 at 11:36am 08.31.21
RD418D 4kW 18" digital radome That should work on SeaTalk already. What brand is your chart plott
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power
Leeward Rail at 11:25am 08.31.21
Cover your ports and hatches wherever possible. Hmmm I can see how that is better than curtains in
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Project_Mayhem at 11:16am 08.31.21
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kappykaplan at 11:10am 08.31.21
@blaser1234 , have you a photo you can share?
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Ralph Johnstone at 10:47am 08.31.21
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Tedd at 10:26am 08.31.21
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jeepbluetj at 10:21am 08.31.21
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Ralph Johnstone at 10:20am 08.31.21
Cover your ports and hatches wherever possible. ch are more difficult but more important.
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Tedd at 10:12am 08.31.21
@Ottdreamer , The Vancouver boat has come down since I looked at it, but it's still too high, for m
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flightlead404 at 10:10am 08.31.21
You must have Digital Radar now. Thus my conversion to the new Radar, I mentioned above. Jim...
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Leeward Rail at 10:05am 08.31.21
fans, airflow in general. Fortunately our C&C has 1 opening port on each side, a solar vent, and
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No frames, the 4 black plastic overlay on the outside, I'm not too worried about all the gray mfg p

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