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I spend a significant amount of time on the water professionally and I've seen what seem to be an endless number of vessels that have suffered from electrical shorts between the battery and fuse/circuit panel.

Granted, most all of those incidents would have been avoided if other mistakes hadn't been made. I've also seen more than one fire the result of a failure in the high current side of the starting system which isn't protected.

I stand by my recommendation to be able to easily and quickly disconnect the battery from the vessel's electrical system.