Weighty bum

[AZZA]

Guys, mine as all girls seem to do is getting a bit heavy in the rear end so in an effort to redistribute some weight in the boat I am looking at moving the batteries forward to just inside the cabin. This will mean a cable run of about 4 m from the isolator. So the questions I have to ponder are what size cables would i need to use, where would be a good place to buy cables. Also I presume that a common earth cable would be acceptable. Your wise input would be most welcome

[Slickdam]

You can get your cables made up at oblis comunications on ipswich Road.

They have made up cables to length for me for both the boat and 4wd.

The cables are soldered and heat shrinked.

[rayke1938]

Make certain that you use tinned cables.

Cheers

Ray

[daveylad]

I reckon Ebay would be the best prices Aaron

[Slickdam]

I reckon Ebay would be the best prices Aaron

the problem with ebay is getting custom sizes. If they are made for you then you can guarantee the will be no chance of high restistance joints

[daveylad]

The guys at this place helped me a lot with batteries and chargers, they specialise in Marine electrical and Solar setups, they are really helpful. http://www.watts2c.com.au/

[Seiran]

I had the same weight problem and moved my battery up into the cabin. I bought the cable and connections from whitworths marine. They only had two sizes of cable and I bought the thickest one, which was the same size cable that was already in the back of the boat ( i can't remember what size cable it was - maybe 6mm??).

Soldering and heat shrinking the connectors onto the cable was easy.

[bootyinblue]

Battery world... They go out of their way at the ,Ipswich store to make up exactly what you want and customize it as you go.

[tugger]

I wouldn't have my batteries up forward as they will flog out quickly with the bow pounding alot more than the stern thats why batteries are located down aft I know that doesnt help your weight problem but worth thinking about

[mick fillet]

exactly what tugger said.

dont move the batterys there good where they are,

i would consider fitting a permatrim to the leg,or a solas, there very simalar, permatrim in my opinion are better. to get more lift in the rear add a four blade prop to assist the permatrims performance as well. they will make the hull plane alot quicker with less revs,but they will reduce the top end speed.

[AZZA]

Thanks Mark/Mick did not think about the consequences to the battery life. Already running a foil I already run a foil I can trim the boat to run right with the motor and if I put the tender and its motor on the back I use the tabs to pick the bum up. Was looking more to level it out a bit at rest without adding more weight. When at rest in a sloppy sea i tend to take of water over the stern I Am tossing putting a couple of flotation pods under the swim platform to lift the rear.