There is a lot to be said for the KISS principle Unfortunately, I purchased a factory built boat with the - now required in the USA - electronic controlled engine.. I can hardly wait for the first problem... So to chime in with Bob, the simpler the systems the fewer the breakdowns... Besides my boat, as a case in point:. A friend at the airport has a late model pressurized airplane with all the electronic and electromechanical bells and whistles... When he flips on the master switch the panel looks like a pinball machine... HIs plane is not flyable more often than it is - waiting on either some specialist mechanic or a rare part... My clapped out, 1957 dinosaur of a plane is always ready to fly - nothing much to break down... And when it does (rarely) the parts are available locally... As when I had a magneto that suddenly started misfiring on a trip, the local mechanic looked at the shorted magneto coil, and said, "Ya know, I think I've got some used ones up in the attic." 45 minutes later I was back in the air... Simple and common is good... denny-o denny / k8do _______________________________________________ http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power To unsubscribe send email to passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World Productions, formerly known as Trawler World Productions.