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Just when we thought we had narrowed down our search for the new boat, we are re-introduced to the Formula 37 PC. I am completely gung-ho on getting one, still working on the admiral.
The 37 PC has an electric engine. Obviously 12 volt power is required to open the hatch. On one of our previous boats, a Larson 290 Cabrio, we had the same hatch but it was much smaller and could easily be lifted by hand for re-installation of the batteries in the spring. The 37 PC has a large engine hatch that would appear to be impossible to open by hand. I do not know if the small "day hatch" has good access to the batteries on the 37 PC, so I assume if it doesn't that would mean unhooking the trim cylinder to allow for manual opening of the hatch.
So tell me, do people with power engine hatches normally leave the battery in the boat all winter, or pull the cotter pin and try to life that hatch by hand in the spring?
Just wondering. That day hatch doesn't seem too big, I'd hate to get stuck in that thing!
The 37 PC has an electric engine. Obviously 12 volt power is required to open the hatch. On one of our previous boats, a Larson 290 Cabrio, we had the same hatch but it was much smaller and could easily be lifted by hand for re-installation of the batteries in the spring. The 37 PC has a large engine hatch that would appear to be impossible to open by hand. I do not know if the small "day hatch" has good access to the batteries on the 37 PC, so I assume if it doesn't that would mean unhooking the trim cylinder to allow for manual opening of the hatch.
So tell me, do people with power engine hatches normally leave the battery in the boat all winter, or pull the cotter pin and try to life that hatch by hand in the spring?
Just wondering. That day hatch doesn't seem too big, I'd hate to get stuck in that thing!