Quote Originally Posted by clfarms1 View Post
Just looked at a new boat like it no way to get 3 batteries in there. I didnt look up front to see if it would hold 2 batteries but I wouldnt want to give up the space as there isnt much storage on there now from what I saw. or I have way to much stuff in my boat now.
I looked in my friends boat. The compartment in front of the live well appears to have enough room to put 2 batteries in and move them back toward the live well under the deck with room to install a charger. It would still leave quite a bit of room right under the lid for storage. He didn't seem to care for the idea much but it appears you can remove that section of deck with no problems. Then you could mount battery trays and space them right. I would mount them toward the edge of opening where you could pull them forward and be able to check water level without removing deck again. It appears you could run wiring around edge of compartment then through forward bulkhead with a rubber grommet straight to trolling motor plug. Heavy wire and short run. Also that would give you some extra weight in the front to hold bow down when spider rigging in the wind.