I must say I have had nothing but thoughtful and informative responses to my first post on the site.

Sylvanboat
That overloading a motor, if it came to jump starting it, is a question I have as well.
Although when considering your answer it occurs to me if I was jump starting another boat, I’d just use my own starting battery.

I am hoping that the weight decrease will aid in removing and charging indoors. In my case this isn’t an issue, as in the colder weather we don’t go out twice in a day. I am from Winnipeg Canada and I know fall fisher-folk but no one who is rabid for those freeze up days.

I like the point around the charger availabilty.

I have read that because of heat generated by the battery itself, that you cand start the charge if you do it shortly after getting your boat out.
Also with the weight issues, I could now remove mine from the boat much more easily. and charge it my van. I only once did that with my lead core batteries and was really too uncomfortable with this.

Prior to lithium coming around, I had never heard the arugement that lead core batteries start to deteriorate when more than 50% of the charge is expended. This supposedly from the first usage, and also why some guys use a trickle charge when using their batteries. I’m not managing the latter on my 16 footer.
Thanks again for the feedback.

Thank you for your reply. From my online exploration the ALMOST, is key for the batteries health. Sorry to use almost, I understand when using quotation marks some posts get rejected.
DuckMtnDick

Interesting I have done a lot of online searching, but had not read that.
Thanks