Breaker Ruins Fireworks....

CrownRay · 07-06-2011, 07:39 AM

So, take the boat out Monday night to go see the fireworks in Center Harbor. Five minutes into the cruise out there...disaster! GPS, RADIO, DASHBOARD, NAV LIGHT....DARK!!! Damn. Turn around, back to the dock.

Can't diagnose it because I can't lift the hydrolic engine hatch :-(

Need to wait until the morning...

Tuesday Morning, steam over to good ol'e Channel. We get the hatch up by "jumping" the electrical system. Turns out, the breaker that runs the helm power tripped...Had to wait at the marina almost 2 hours for a 20 second fix. Oh well, such is life.

Good thing this didn't happen in the middle of the lake!

Why do boat builders make it so hard to fix things out there? What would have happened if this was LAST summer, when this same boat was in Boston Harbor? That would have sucked. Lesson learned....carry a battery pack...ALWAYS! (In this case, to lift the engine hatch by by-passing the electrical)

07-06-2011, 07:39 AM	#1
CrownRay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Medford MA/Blackcat Island Posts: 148 Thanks: 0 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Breaker Ruins Fireworks.... So, take the boat out Monday night to go see the fireworks in Center Harbor. Five minutes into the cruise out there...disaster! GPS, RADIO, DASHBOARD, NAV LIGHT....DARK!!! Damn. Turn around, back to the dock. Can't diagnose it because I can't lift the hydrolic engine hatch :-( Need to wait until the morning... Tuesday Morning, steam over to good ol'e Channel. We get the hatch up by "jumping" the electrical system. Turns out, the breaker that runs the helm power tripped...Had to wait at the marina almost 2 hours for a 20 second fix. Oh well, such is life. Good thing this didn't happen in the middle of the lake! Why do boat builders make it so hard to fix things out there? What would have happened if this was LAST summer, when this same boat was in Boston Harbor? That would have sucked. Lesson learned....carry a battery pack...ALWAYS! (In this case, to lift the engine hatch by by-passing the electrical) __________________ "The ocean (or lake) itself is not dangerous, it's the hard stuff around the edges that will kill you."

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