A couple good points were made here. At the present moment my second (44-lb) anchor and rode are not on the bow--once I add this, it will help with weight distribution.
The other benefit of moving batteries around would be space gains in the starboard cockpit locker where I now have two batteries. By moving these 2 batteries I gain in 3 ways: I reduce weight aft AND add weight forward AND I gain locker space. So, it is still desirable to me. I like the idea of 2 battery switches, separating the house bank into two--I did not think about this. Also, the point was made that if the single starting battery ever fails without warning, I could take a battery from the house bank and put it in place where the failed starting battery was. This makes a lot of sense since I have never had a starting battery fail without any warning. If I add a water maker, it would be in place of the forward water tank which would again alter my weight distribution with less weight in the bow. I appreciate all the good ideas--they all help! Bob Sent from my iPhone, Bob Boyer > On Nov 19, 2015, at 8:27 PM, Daniel Sheer via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Bob, > > For what it's worth, I have 5 group 31 batteries in my LF 38, one in the > forward end of the starboard lazarette (starting battery), two under the nav > seat (house bank 1) with the Electroscan, and two under the port quarterberth > (house bank 2). There are two big red bank switches, one separates the two > house banks, and on separates both of the house banks from the starter. The > alternator and the solar panel both charge house bank 1, and there's a diode > equivalent of an echo charger that allows the starting battery to charge even > when it is isolated from the house banks. I recently put in a 12 gallon > holding tank, but it is in what used to be storage just forward of the head - > I don't have a shower. This works well. First, I find the electroscan very > useful in the Bay, pump outs are rare, the waste is disinfected, and it's > legal, at least for now. Far as I can tell, weight distribution is not an > issue. The boat is quite competitive in my club as long as the bottom's > clean, even though I have only cruising (heavy dacron) sails of less than max > size. > > Dan Sheer > Pegathy LF38 > Rock Creek off the Patapsco > _______________________________________________ > > 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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