tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352016729874927166.post8872618935796175324..comments2021-03-14T19:55:48.593-07:00Comments on SAIL Magazine: Setting Sail: State of ChargeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352016729874927166.post-74678820502848283792008-04-16T13:08:00.000-07:002008-04-16T13:08:00.000-07:00Ahhh, the vision of spring and the coming boating ...Ahhh, the vision of spring and the coming boating season. I launched last week, and - to my great pleasure - found that my batteries have survied the winter intact. I can confirm that the disconnect strategy works best - at least it does for me.<BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Alexander Falk<BR/><A HREF="http://www.xmlaficionado.com" REL="nofollow">www.xmlaficionado.com</A>XML Aficionadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01835657544617220110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4352016729874927166.post-44018063895562704902008-04-14T16:59:00.000-07:002008-04-14T16:59:00.000-07:00It's a sad state of affairs when you're dreaming a...It's a sad state of affairs when you're dreaming about the boatyard! Somebody made the analogy regarding those bilge pumps that come on every ten or fifteen minutes that it's like having your car start every quarter hour just in case you needed it. I think the poor pump would come on something like 52,560 times a year; that's dubious engineering. I sincerely hope you get Spring soon, it sounds like you need it! Cheers, Duncan GouldJ Duncan Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10168693764496355712noreply@blogger.com