I understood what your saying. I've always done battery 1 on day one , battery 2 on day 2. And that has worked well from me as a day sailor. If i were to run my batteries down, I've found that using t

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Thanks Ward, I'm now only 20 minutes from the boat. Had soon as I get the power up and running, with the heaters warming up the cabin. I'll start checking out options. I know I'll have some questions.

I have a 89 C30 so my batteries are stored forward of the chart table . Where the battery compartment sits, followed by the water tank then the half closet . I'll check tomorrow. I don't think 6 volts

Ken K I have replaced the battery cables with larger cables. I haven't moved anything to a buss bar. I do remove and clean the starter and alternator wires yearly. I also clean the battery post, termi

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Bill, on 2019 I solo sailed 835 miles. Last year I was able to launch my boat April 5th. Unfortunately , my surgery prevented me from going to the boat until mid August, pulling the boat September 15.

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Lance, yes I've given golf cart batteries some thought. I'm curious. Where do you install them? I was under the impression that they wouldn't fit in the battery compartment. Ken Sent from my T-Mobile

Just a bit more capacity. I've already spent way to much money on my boat. So most of my decisions aren't based on the cheapest solution. I look upgrades that fit my needs. A simple upgrade hopefully.

Steven, I have a fairly heavy electric load, refrigerator, autopilot and all the standard electric stuff. Including LED lights. I can stay away from my marina for a while. It's not to hard to drawdown

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I currently have two group 31, wet cell batteries on board. I'm kicking around installing one AGM 4D on the starboard battery compartment and AGM GPS 31 under the quarter berth. My question is, will t

Christopher, On my 89 C30, I keep the cushions portside on the v berth. I use a series of plastic tubs with lids in the quarter birth. Pots, pans, coffee pot and utensils are kept in a plastic tub jus

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Thanks Chris, I think I just as well get a 4ft x 4 ft board and take it up to the boat. Use my current hatches as a template. That's probably better than measure twice a still screw it up. Sent from m

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I have a 89 30. And my boats 3 hours north. Any chance that someone in the group just might know the measurements of the boards. I'm under shrink wrap. I need just one board to temporarily fill the vo

I stand corrected. Google help desk responded. They have developed a platform that in conjunction with there Email and Zoom like video platform. Allows "video meetings" and "groups " of like minded or

Understood. My dog need to go out and I should have finished my point. Which is, there isn't a active Google C30 group. Back in 2001 the Google groups and Google Talk fell by the wayside. Some of the

Google is the search engine. The results posted on Google are the end product of a search. So the first result is Catalina30 (dot) com is the original: website that Max Munger , I believe, maintained

Google Catalina 30 group and the Catalina Association website is the first listing Number two is Facebook's Catalina 30 group. Its quite active. Ken V Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device

Thanks Ken. I'll check it out Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device