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![]() In the same situation many years ago (very impoverished) I bought a newer secondhand battery for my ancient car and put the old car one into the boat. With just one 10 watt tricolour nav light (the old fluorescent type that gave loads of light for low wattage but rotten colour cutoff) and a similar wattage single cabin fluorescent, plus oil cabin and anchor lights, a charged old battery usually lasted a couple of weeks summer cruising. Nights are short, and you don't put the nav light on till it's genuinely fairly dark. If there's was nothing around, I admit I turned it off. Can you push-start your car? Well, I don't think I could push-start it, but rolling down a slope would work. Unfortunately there is no slope at the marina. However, I think I won't risk it. Coming back from a cruise and not being able to start the car will certainly make my wife mad, so I would have to buy a new battery for this reason anyway. I guess I just dislike the idea of the thing sitting in the boat doing nothing, almost the whole year, but needing recharging and attention... |
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