GL: Battery Charging (and leaving the boat alone)

[Jeffrey Siegel]

>> When the boat is on its mooring, all sea cocks are closed.

> If the mooring breaks and some good Samaritan wants to get 
> aboard and save her, he cannot without ruining your engines.
> 

First, the one thing the coast of Maine has plenty of is good Samaritans.
If a seagull lands on my boat and I'm not there, I get phone calls about it.

That said, giving someone the ability to start my engines would also require
the boat to be unlocked, the fuel manifold set up for use, engine sea cocks
open, electrical system enabled (I have remote electrical shutoffs).  In
addition, they would have to turn on the house bank, enable the electronic
controls, and figure out how to start the engines (keys are not in).  I
don't really want anyone doing any of that, even in an emergency.

If my boat releases from its mooring, someone will put a line around a cleat
and tow it to a safe location.  That seems like a much better idea than
trying to drive it somewhere.  TowBoatUS is in our harbor.  I do fill-in
diving for them during the Summer and know the owner very well.  They'd take
good care of aCappella if something happened...


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Jeffrey Siegel
M/V aCappella
DeFever 53PH
W1ACA/WDB4350
Castine, Maine

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