"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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have juice, fuel, I called
the yard where she
had some engine work done (tune up, oil change, and the
like). Oh, it's not
our fault, maybe you're out of gas (no), maybe you
don't
have her in neutral
(no neutral safety switch on this boat - something to
think about adding).

Don't, they're stupid.

When I called the previous owner to confirm that it didn't
have one, he told
me he started the engine a couple of times in reverse. :-}


yes, but you're too smart to do that.




Come back, and we'll look into it... of course, it's a
good hour or so in
such light winds, and guess what they close in 1/2
hour.

Frustrated, I called the former owner, who couldn't
think
of any reason this
would happen. Never happened to him in 10 years. Must
be a
disconnected
wire, but he's busy at work, and the manual is in my
car
(note for later,
put manual on boat). Called the yard back... they said,
oh, maybe we forgot
to tighten the wire to the starter solenoid.
Unfortunately, I have no idea
where this wire is.


Sailing in the wee hours I noticed my nav lights
dimming,
went to start the engine ( with the starter batt) and
nada.
I also hove to as the battery was too low to trust the
AP.
The selenoid wire had broken , right at the terminal
end. I
stripped it and put it back on bare wire. Got a terminal
3
days later.

I need to replace the lenses.


lenses????