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Old 09-26-2002
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wannasail,
waternut pretty much covered it and nicely I might add.Just one thing.
On a forty foot boat the wire run from the batts is going to be quite lenthy and expensive. You might think about adding a dedicated windless batt up forward,then all you have to do is run a charging wire to the batt instead of one-hunderd feet of no. one wire.Price the batt then price the wire, you''ll see what I mean.Twelve volts at the windless is easy to do.Fifty amps at the windless is not so easy or cheap to do.The added batt might be less than easy to install but I think it makes more sence and I think it''s a better system also.
One more thing... It''s really nice to be able to opperate the windless from the cockpit or the bow, so mabey install a hand switch in the cockpit and a foot switch on the foredeck. A remote would be my second choice because the cord is a pain in the 8ss.

Dennis
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