battery placement

[Slightly_Twisted]

Hey guys,

Has anyone with a cuddy moved their batteries into the cuddy?
If you did, where did you put them?

I'm starting to rewire the whole boat. I would like to move both batteries into the cuddy in the two red circled ares. I was hoping there is enough room to cut two access holes up top and drop one on each side.
Has anyone done that?

Thanks

[phatdaddy]

Not sure u have enough room under the bunks for a battery. There is room under the deck right outside of your cabin door. If your fuel tank is not there.

[Slightly_Twisted]

Yeah I didn’t think I had enough room I was just hoping there was.

In the center right before the step down is where the gas tank is. So mine from stern to cuddy step down goes live well, box storage/ fish box, then gas tank.

Other then putting then in the step down in the cuddy they may just have to stay in the stren.

Thanks for the reply!

[phatdaddy]

i would like to get mine out of the stern also. my fuel tank is right up against the splashwell, so boat seems a little stern heavy.

[Slightly_Twisted]

I may drill a few holes to get the depths and see if there is room. I have a bounch of others holes I’m filling in anyways.

[jvitiel]

I moved my batteries from the stern to the fish box just aft of the cuddy bulkhead (I have an '89). Made a nice difference.

I would be most interested in your findings if you decide to drill depth holes as those would be ideal locations for my planned trolling motor batteries.

[steplift20]

Personally I would keep them in the stern Their there already

[randlemanboater]

You may want to test how your boat floats with the batteries moved, I know I used to keep a spare battery in the floor compartment in the cabin sometimes and when I would put a fair amount of gear in there (like when we went to the Keys and I left it in the water for a week) the cockpit floor was sloped forward...no drainage when it rains.

[Slightly_Twisted]

Well holes were drilled and it looked ok...so I said go for it.

Cut a 12x7.5 inch hole in the area just forward of the cuddy bulkhead and
Bingo there is a perfect cavity for one battery maybe two if you wanted them on the same side. I’m going to cut the other side tomorrow and take some photos.

[BillTex]

Originally Posted by Slightly_Twisted

Well holes were drilled and it looked ok...so I said go for it.

Cut a 12x7.5 inch hole in the area just forward of the cuddy bulkhead and
Bingo there is a perfect cavity for one battery maybe two if you wanted them on the same side. I’m going to cut the other side tomorrow and take some photos.

Weight forward will have a greater effect on attitude than weight in stern.
Measure 2x...cut 1x.