battery placement

[jvitiel]

Originally Posted by BillTex

Absolutely! In no time at all you can stick the trolling motor right through the large holes that will be in the hull...you could troll from inside the cuddy!
Brilliant...

Yea pretty sure a properly bedded and secured battery won't be much of a risk in my situation. But thanks for your kind guidance. I'll let you know next time I'm in RI -maybe we can hook up again..

[BillTex]

Originally Posted by jvitiel

Yea pretty sure a properly bedded and secured battery won't be much of a risk in my situation. But thanks for your kind guidance. I'll let you know next time I'm in RI -maybe we can hook up again..

It was a word of caution to the OP...as many have noted on this thread what he is proposing is somewhat risky.
That is a heavily concentrated load at the end end of the lever arm, without proper bracing this could be a disaster. In any case I wouldn want all that weight (somewhat) permanently mounted up in the bow area.
Sometimes we have to accept that the designers actually knew what they were doing.

The comment on your trolling motor was a joke...hope you enjoyed the bourbon.

Merry Christmas to All!

Bill

[steplift20]

Maybe if the boat was used only in fresh water lake I might feel differently about the battery's upfront sitting on the hull because the pounding would be absent but in the ocean that's a differant story Good luck It does look good

[phatdaddy]

Not speaking for twisted or jv, but I envisioned a cleat attached to the stringer on either side with a shelf spanning the void. Very similar to the shelf in the stern.

As far as the weight, I believe others who have mounted trolling motors on the bow have set the batteries in the step down

[Slightly_Twisted]

thanks for all the advice guys.

The plan was NEVER to have the batteries sitting on the hull it's self. At first i was going to build a large dispersion shelf that sat on the hull, but after reading what you all have said i'm going to change it up a bit.

in the photo i'm going to glass in a platform for the battery to sit on.
One side attached to the stringer, one side attached to the bulkhead, and the third side to the side of the set down. the photo is NOT correct because I don't have a photo with one of the bulkhead in it, but you guys get the idea.

This will make sure there is no weight on the hull skin.

[jvitiel]

Originally Posted by Slightly_Twisted

thanks for all the advice guys.

The plan was NEVER to have the batteries sitting on the hull it's self. At first i was going to build a large dispersion shelf that sat on the hull, but after reading what you all have said i'm going to change it up a bit.

in the photo i'm going to glass in a platform for the battery to sit on.
One side attached to the stringer, one side attached to the bulkhead, and the third side to the side of the set down. the photo is NOT correct because I don't have a photo with one of the bulkhead in it, but you guys get the idea.

This will make sure there is no weight on the hull skin.

Looks like a good plan. Will be very interested in seeing updates. Thanks for all the pics..

[jvitiel]

Originally Posted by BillTex

hope you enjoyed the bourbon.

Merry Christmas to All!

Bill

I did indeed! Merry Christmas !