SKIPPERS’ TIPS & YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Battery cross-connect
f your engine-starting battery should fail (and they do) could you use the domestic batteries instead? Many yachts are fitted with a rotary switch (Battery 1 – Battery 2 – Both) which solves the problem. If you don’t have this, imagine entering an unfamiliar harbour, at night, in a stiff breeze and ask yourself what you would do if the starter motor refused to play. For years I kidded myself that I would use jump leads, but came to realise that the chances of remembering which leads to
