After thoroughly canvasing "glissando" for info (thanks again to "glissando"), i would like to poll the Ariels with outboards (important detail) on the current local of their battery.
currently mine is wired to sit in the aft lasserette with the O/B, which i think will play hell with my trim, since my ~100lb water ballast in the water tank isn't there (tank is shot).
i think the Atomic4 folks had theirs under the last step to the cabin (according to the drawings i have). this makes a lot of sense, considering stability and where most of the loads are. but of course the O/B messes with that all.
so like i said, just a poll, which i think (hope) will come along with some justification/pontification as to why one is better or worse.
apologies if this subject has already been covered.
-km #3
:)