"DSK" wrote | Looking thru the maintenance log of our tugboat, I saw that
| the two previous owners had been replacing batteries after
| about 2 years, although they carefully noted level readings
| etc etc. The charger was huge buzzing ferro-resonant
| contraption, cutting edge state-of-the-art 1920s technology.
| I unbolted it and threw it away.
|
| DSK
|

Does tugboat talk really belong in a sailing news group? Do sailboats
really need batteries? Mine does just fine with no battery.

Cheers,
Ellen