When General Boats wired my boat, they ran one pair of #8 AWG wires from the Lazarette to the battery under the settee.  These serviced both the outboard and the winch.

Peter Nyberg
Coventry, CT
s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)

> On 2024-02-27, at 08:53:53 EST, Reuben Mezrich wrote:
>
> For those with electric start outboards, did you make the electric connection at 
> the winch or did you run wires back to the battery under the settee? If the 
> latter, what gauge wire did you use? 
> I'm installing a Tohatsu 8hp electric start outboard
> --Reuben
> Reuben Mezrich
> cell: 410-499-8922
> Pelican Cove in Sarasota and Back Bay, Boston
>