We have a 1500 Watt Lofrans Tigress and love it. It is controlled by a wired remote with the connection inside the head and the curled old style phone cord out of the head port and it reaches the bow. The master circuit breaker is at the nav station with a big red light so the power is off unless we are actually deploying or retreaving. Talking about dockside stories, the boat that had salt across the control contacts the anchor started to retreave itself! We always turn off the power after hearing that story. I have no holes from foot switches or remote wire in our deck. I love Brian's experience with wireless remote and Steve's caution on securing the anchor with a secondary line. I have missed this net recently as we have been exploring the Sea of Cortez the last few weeks and have been out of range. Tom Evans SV Tappan Zee Loreto Mexico