[C320-list] starting battery

[David White]

On my hull no. 624, the through-hull for the head is forward of the 
4Ds.  So I built a small shelf, glassed into the bottom of the hanging 
locker, for a dedicated starting battery.  The wiring run was short, 
behind the liner in the head, and I just rewired the existing battery 
switch...number one is house-bank, the 4Ds, and number two is the 
flooded starting battery in the closet.  By the way, after our passage 
last June, I took out the water heater, which we weren't going to use, 
and now the boat lists to starboard, very slightly, about 2 degrees out 
of plumb.  Trolling last weekend we landed two mahi mahi, or dorado.  
Most sailors here always have several lures in the water, and the 
speedy 320 is turning into a real fish-catcher.  Aloha, Dave

C320 no 624, Tradewind
Honolulu, Hawai'i