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Aldo
Dave....
Dave: Relative to the panel getting wet, I have naugahyde covers that cover all of the teak pieces to my boat, including 2 that cover the coaming compartments. These keep the rain and the sun off the panel while we aren't using the boat. The covers are getting a little old now, (about 12 years old), so I am getting closer to remaking them. I will probably remake them from an outdoor canvas next time. If you look at the photo, you can see 2 of the snaps where the cover snaps on. There is a lip on the top of the cover that goes toward the gunnel that is about an inch wide, that also helps keep the rain from going under the cover. Another thing that isn't too clear from the photo is that the panel is recessed about an inch back from the coaming. I did this with some plastic spacers that are about 3/4 an inch long. I recently shortened these from 1 inch, but plan on increasing them again, because of the length of the autopilot connector, and people sitting against the connector. If you meant water pouring onto the panel from the boat heeling that far over, my wife would never let me heel it that far. There is a rubber boot on the switch, and on the back side of the panel, there is plenty of silicone sealer covering many of the connections, especially those to the Raymarine connectors that are screw connections, and not solder connections.On your second question about Sailnet and the free remote, that's where mine came from, and mine was free. They may only make this offer in the winter, I don't know. I ordered mine in February of 2001. Someone at work offered me an ST1000 recently, that he wanted to sell, but he doesn't have the remote, so I didn't put too much effort into finding a buyer for him. I would really shop around carefully, because the remote is a good thing to have, and as I said previously, to buy one separately is around $140, and that would be tough to justify. Aldo
Dave: Relative to the panel getting wet, I have naugahyde covers that cover all of the teak pieces to my boat, including 2 that cover the coaming compartments. These keep the rain and the sun off the panel while we aren't using the boat. The covers are getting a little old now, (about 12 years old), so I am getting closer to remaking them. I will probably remake them from an outdoor canvas next time. If you look at the photo, you can see 2 of the snaps where the cover snaps on. There is a lip on the top of the cover that goes toward the gunnel that is about an inch wide, that also helps keep the rain from going under the cover. Another thing that isn't too clear from the photo is that the panel is recessed about an inch back from the coaming. I did this with some plastic spacers that are about 3/4 an inch long. I recently shortened these from 1 inch, but plan on increasing them again, because of the length of the autopilot connector, and people sitting against the connector. If you meant water pouring onto the panel from the boat heeling that far over, my wife would never let me heel it that far. There is a rubber boot on the switch, and on the back side of the panel, there is plenty of silicone sealer covering many of the connections, especially those to the Raymarine connectors that are screw connections, and not solder connections.On your second question about Sailnet and the free remote, that's where mine came from, and mine was free. They may only make this offer in the winter, I don't know. I ordered mine in February of 2001. Someone at work offered me an ST1000 recently, that he wanted to sell, but he doesn't have the remote, so I didn't put too much effort into finding a buyer for him. I would really shop around carefully, because the remote is a good thing to have, and as I said previously, to buy one separately is around $140, and that would be tough to justify. Aldo