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Great story! We had time to power 3000 feet, then the motor went under water. 
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() The air intake was high so I shut it down just as it hit the bottom, and we coasted up on a rocky beach. The only reason we still have this boat is because that rocky beach was only 3000 feet away. After a night of dismantling, jury rigging and rubber gaskets and lots of goop, we floated off on the next HT. That ended our 1999 sailing season. But it was an unforgetable season end. 
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- Battery selector switch idea.
- Safety switch?
- Can you relocate your switch?
- As Brian and others have suggested, proper disconnect is really the way to go.
- I must be missing something?
- You had a disconnect 1-both-2 or off?
- You should, beyond a fuse, be able to kill the power delivered from the batteries to ALL devices downstream
- SG thank you for your input
- All devices... what about bilge pump?
- A fuse that is above the cockpit sole would be a good idea.
- Gene, I would install a switch and a fuse
- Alarm and counter too...
- Yes, definately an alarm. When things are going
- In the end, not much will save you if the 'hole' is beyond an inch or so.
- Yes... I've noticed that when swaping out the speedo impeller...
- You're probibly right. I'm an advocate of
- Repairing the rudder
- Aftermath, Benny and Ann. We were
- Great story! We had time to power 3000 feet, then the motor went under water.
- Great story! We had time to power 3000 feet, then the motor went under water.
- Aftermath, Benny and Ann. We were all
- Aftermath, Benny and Ann. We were
- Repairing the rudder
- In the end, not much will save you if the 'hole' is beyond an inch or so.
- I look at a counter as a necessity
- Yes, definately an alarm. When things are going
- Alarm and counter too...
- You had a disconnect 1-both-2 or off?
- boat is a Coast 34
- I must be missing something?
