I am equipping my boat for 8 months per year of cruising in the Bahamas. I have added a 19-gallon auxiliary diesel tank where my holding tank was located (under the navigation seat) which adds weight aft. I currently have 4 group 27 batteries which will be eventually upgraded to Group 31's--these also are located aft.
I have been considering moving 2 or 3 batteries from the aft cockpit locker to some dead space under the v-berth. This would take some weight from the aft and add it forward. (My boat currently sits about 2" high at the bow and maybe 1 inch low at the stern with no one aboard but full fuel tanks.) I could configure the batteries such that the new forward bank could be the house bank and the starting bank (which I could probably reduce to 1 or 2 batteries) could remain aft. My problem is sizing the cables that would run from the forward batteries to the aft controls. As I see it, these cables would never carry more than 30 amps (maximum charging from my solar panels) unless I needed them for starting (in the event of a dead starting battery). Does anyone have any comments or suggestions on this matter? Bob Bob Boyer S/V Rainy Days / Annapolis MD 1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230 email: dainyr...@icloud.com blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com "There is nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." --Kenneth Grahame > On Nov 19, 2015, at 10:48 AM, Rick Brass via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > The attached video was included in a post from a sailing TV website this > morning. I have to say I’m impressed to see so many C&C 30s on the line, and > the performance of the boats is impressive. Certainly not “us father’s” C&C. > And pretty athletic for this fat old man. But impressive none the less. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FxUDhhQQVo > > Rick Brass > Imzadi C&C 38 mk 2 > la Belle Aurore C&C 25 mk1 > Washington, NC > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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