What you doing to boat this winter

[scook]

Hey Duke,

Two things:
1) Is your V a cuddly - in my ‘85, the hatch is a lot smaller than yours?
2) When you figure out how to post pictures, would you post a tutorial or maybe repost one that you find here (I think Destroyer posted something on the subject a while back). I’d like to post pictures but I’m too buried with work to research it.

Thanks - Scott

[scook]

Hah - well I should have read the next post about posting pictures

[Duke01]

Yes, my 78' is a cuddy. I can try to put together a rough tutorial, but I am certainly no electrician - I too am busy as usual in this Spring.

Let's see how my first attempt to upload a file looks...

This is before final wiring with Blue Seas terminal strips.

[scook]

I meant tutorial about posting pictures but there was one in another post the same day.

Your setup is different than mine. On my ‘85, my gas tank fills the space where your batteries are, I have a recess in the floor inside the caddy cabin that’s much smaller than your compartment but I think it would take a couple of batteries.

[Duke01]

Okay...the image post through Imgur worked pretty good.

Regarding the battery relocation, I still have water in the splash well and the scuppers are still just below the water line. Moving the 2 batteries forward did not have the impact I was hoping for. The overall side profile looks good, so I guess I will just have to live with it and focus on moving other stored items forward.

The boat is still new to me. I will learn how she rides over the summer. Just a little concerned about trolling with a following sea. Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay is pretty shallow with short wave intervals.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Duke01

Okay...the image post through Imgur worked pretty good.

Regarding the battery relocation, I still have water in the splash well and the scuppers are still just below the water line. Moving the 2 batteries forward did not have the impact I was hoping for. The overall side profile looks good, so I guess I will just have to live with it and focus on moving other stored items forward.

The boat is still new to me. I will learn how she rides over the summer. Just a little concerned about trolling with a following sea. Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay is pretty shallow with short wave intervals.

Do the obvious things like moving the cooler and as much gear as possible forward? Put a 6 gal can of gas up front and leave that amount out of your main tank... or, just fill up 2 6 gal gas cans with water and put them up front for ballast. (That's 100 lbs right there)

[Duke01]

Yes, that is the plan Destroyer. It will work out fine...not sure why I was expecting that moving 90 lbs from the aft to mid-ship was going to make a huge difference. I am sure it helped some.

[mawshj]

I know a guy who put cement into the front of his alum. boat , it rode nice but broke the jack when he put it on the trailer