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| As far as trolling motor length, I'd go 60" if those are your only two options. But, I think you'd be better served with a 54" as 60" is really long.
If you're runninng the boat out of the back you can certainly get by with one locator, but it's nice having something up front to tell you the depth. If you run the boat out of the bow, I'd get two decent ones. If you get the same brand, you may be able to swap units if you end up liking having the bigger screen up front vs. at the console. I've got my bigger screen (7") on my console because I can see a 5" screen just fine while standing up and I like a bigger GPS screen to look at while running around LOTW. Makes me feel "safe"!
Get as big of batteries as you can fit in the battery compartment.
Assuming you're getting a 24V trolling motor, I think you'd be able to get by just fine with a 2-bank charger. Just throw your starting battery on the charger every once in a while to make sure it gets a full charge. Mine does just fine being charged by the outboard. If you're worried about the starting battery dying, throw a set of jumper cables in the boat. I know they've saved my butt a few times.
The nice thing about rigging your own boat is you know where everything is and how to get at it if something isn't working. Comes in handy when you're up in the middle of Canada with no cell reception. Forces you to buy the tools needed for installation, too, which are usually the ones you need to fix whatever is wrong.
Installing a thru-hull transducer is about as easy as it gets. I used a two-step epoxy and had it done in 15 minutes. | |
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