On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:04:11 -0400, John H
wrote:

Actually, my wife has more sense than to get into the boat before I've got the
engine running. This isn't the first time we've hit the beach with a dead
battery.

Pilots and co-pilots have this little ritual of doing a preflight
checklist of important things before takeoff. Maybe Mrs H would be
willing to take ownership of something like that since wives seem to
always take interest in "honey do" lists.