John, I have 2 small solar chargers ( maintainers, they call them) I leave
hooked up while I'm off the boat. Think they charge at 1/2 or 1 amp.

Scotty


"John Cairns" wrote in message
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The neighbor was a woman, a member of our local sailing club, she probably
was right about the no sailing rule, the marina is somewhat crowded. The
batteries were dead due to lack of charging, I haven't been out a lot
recently, we don't motor that much when we're just going out for a sail.
We
couldn't get the diesel started when we were leaving, I connected the
batteries up to the charger long enough to allow us to start the diesel,
not
long enough for them to be properly charged. Before we left for home last
night I connected one of the batteries up, am going back today to properly
charge the other one. One of my off-season projects will be the
installation
of a proper on-board charging system. As long as I sail out of this
marina,
keeping the batteries charged with the diesel will be a problem.
John Cairns