Yes sir Mr. Burton, you did tell me
Judging by the responses, I might have to. The only reason I have 5 batteries in my head is because a buddy of mine is running all of the same gear on his Nitro and he kept having problems draining down his cranking battery when he was relying on it to run 2 talons, 3 depth finders, a 360 transducer, livewell pumps, and regular motor cranking duties. He added the 5th one and put his depth finders on it and his troubles went away.
I was hoping it's not
too heavy of a boat. From the spec sheets I can find it's about 100 pounds heavier than the Ranger 518SVX that this motor was on before, and that was the fastest planing boat I think I've been in and it didn't even have a jack plate. I supposed they're all different though.
I will happily add a hole shot plate if it will help. I'm not afraid to put a hyrdofoil on there either, unless you guys think that's a bad idea.
I recently read somewhere on here that hydrofoils are bad for under powered boats. Would you go as far as saying my boat is legitimately under powered? Or is it just on the lower end of what would be considered appropriate power?
What do you guys think of that? Bravo prop, holeshot plate, and hydrofoil? Or is that trying too hard? If I still struggle I could tuck that extra battery for the depth finders up front in a compartment somewhere. I don't necessarily have to run two talons either. I was just planning on two because it's nice to have a second one for extra hold in the wind and to keep you from pivoting on the one. I could probably stop at having just one if the second one is what's keeping me from having a decent hole shot.
We'll figure it out one way or the other. All I know is that it's going to be a really long winter! I got this boat in my possession literally one day after ice set in for the winter. One day earlier and I could have gotten out and done some tests with the current 23 Tempest just to see where I'm starting from. Now I've gotta wait a good 4 months, maybe 5, wondering about all this stuff. Living up north sucks