Battery or shore power electrical connection for an M-15? One of the beauties of the M-15 is it is simple. Nothing on board to demand electrical power. Keep it simple, no need for electricity or batteries or hook-ups. Steve M-15 # 335 -----Original Message----- From: Conbert Benneck Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 7:46 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: New slip! On 6/9/2016 5:39 PM, Jazzy wrote: Hi Jazz, What's your requirement for shore power? To keep the battery(s) charged? To run your electrical equipment? Alternatives: Take battery home and charge it there If battery is too heavy to remove and carry easily, then how about solar cells to keep it charged if you are gone for a week at a time? Or if none of these work, how about a small HONDA portable generator, that you can use to charge your battery. Another possibility would be the long distance cruisers solution: a wind driven generator; but that probably is too expensive and heavy for an M15 or change your electrical equipment so something that uses a few AA batteries. They don't cost much if bought in quantity. On our T-L 29 all my electronics were B&G units: depth / log / radio. Each unit required 4 X AA cells that lasted a whole sailing season. On our M15 I had a SONY CD player with cockpit speakers / Garmin GPS / Grundig radio / and a Standard VHF marine radio - all AA battery powered Ciao, Connie
Hi all, I managed to secure a dockside mooring at Foss Marina, Tacoma WA for El Nino so no mooring anchor stress now. I thought I'd share costs etc...for anyone curious. I had to go to Tacoma (7 miles) instead of Gig Harbor, but it beats trailering, and really 7 miles I can't bitch too much.
So it's a dockside mooring, no power. There's a sort of communal water faucet for hosing down and full marina amenities to include bbq area..lounge, security, sundries store, parking, bathrooms, showers..etc. That's all good. The downside: no power as I mentioned, and anything more than about a minus 1.5 tide and I'm not able to squeeze out between the dock and the shore, but I won't be grounded. I couldn't launch from the boat ramp in that tide either..so a bit of a wash there. This slip is running me 120.00 per month.
One of the requirements was 300,000.00 worth of liability insurance. Through US Boat, with an accompanying 25.00 membership, I secured this for 101.00 a year for a no depreciation full value policy. The policy which replaces losses at depreciated values would have been 54.00 a year! Quite a deal. My home/auto agent quoted me $400.00. Mmhmmm...next!
There are numerous benefits from the US Boat membership that I haven't had time to look at. I know West Marine offers a discount and there's $50.00 towing when I ground it :) Oh the policy covers only Puget Sound and the San Juans area. If I go elsewhere I have to call for a cruising area extension.
I think that's the basics. Happy to answer anything else I can. Unfortunately my back is a mess right now and I can't move in!
Jazz