Matt: Sorry to hear your season is ending. I never think of winter when I think of your area of the world. I'm a little late getting in the water this year myself but, also not rushing it either. Taking care of some projects that did not get done over the winter due to the snows we had. Like installing a helm wiring access port so I can easily route the throttle, key and other cables to the helm position and remove or change them easier. I'm also repositioning one of the wind generator support poles so that it does not rub on the main sheet on certain positions of sail. I'm also extending a Bimini to allow the installation of two 48 volt solar panels for charging the battery bank. Only had one operating last year. Now as far as safety. I just posted about my YIKES moment when I was installing my electric propulsion system. If I had not spent so much time down below in the electric propulsion install I might not have found out about this problem until it was too late. You can see what I discovered here: When thinking about safety don't neglect the boats basic systems. Also don't always rely on the mechanical or electrical propulsion systems if you are in a sailboat. Have a backup plan whenever you can. Capt. Mike http://biankablog. --- On Mon, 5/31/10, Matthew Geier <matthew@acfr.
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