Okay looking for some help here.
Finished my boat build a couple months ago, and thanks to this site helped me tremendously. It's a 16' with a 8hp Honda. It's decked front to rear. Storage compartments on sides, gas tank and dual 105 AH batteries all in back, PLUS myself plus motor. Ahhhhh.
I know I know way to much weight in the rear. I'm also thinking I don't need dual 105 Ah batteries. It's running a min Kota maximum 65 24v and on average I fish 6 hours at a time, trolling motor not always on.
I dangerously turned boat to full, (empty wide lake that I know well) crawled up to front and with my weight in bow I doubled speed. Plus I could hear the motor sorta calm down n level out rpm. Since this isn't practical by and stretch, I need to figure this out.
I'm tossed around the idea to putting batteries in side rod locker boxes, as near as front as possible, and snaking new 2/0 wire. I've thought about trim tabs? And I even recall a member here who put some sorta rear extension pods on rear, with motor in center. Or do I try and return these 105ah batteries and get a smaller set up.
Any help or ideas is greatly appreciated
Finished my boat build a couple months ago, and thanks to this site helped me tremendously. It's a 16' with a 8hp Honda. It's decked front to rear. Storage compartments on sides, gas tank and dual 105 AH batteries all in back, PLUS myself plus motor. Ahhhhh.
I know I know way to much weight in the rear. I'm also thinking I don't need dual 105 Ah batteries. It's running a min Kota maximum 65 24v and on average I fish 6 hours at a time, trolling motor not always on.
I dangerously turned boat to full, (empty wide lake that I know well) crawled up to front and with my weight in bow I doubled speed. Plus I could hear the motor sorta calm down n level out rpm. Since this isn't practical by and stretch, I need to figure this out.
I'm tossed around the idea to putting batteries in side rod locker boxes, as near as front as possible, and snaking new 2/0 wire. I've thought about trim tabs? And I even recall a member here who put some sorta rear extension pods on rear, with motor in center. Or do I try and return these 105ah batteries and get a smaller set up.
Any help or ideas is greatly appreciated