What you doing to boat this winter

[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