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Thanks for the great input. 10-15 lbs of wire weight is certainly worth adding to move the batt's forward, not sure why I thought it would be significantly more? It's the super console Phil, so there's a little more room to work with than what you had, and I think I could do it all without having to unbolt.

Pump is a 500 GPH unit Johnny, and the mooring is free to swing 360 degrees. I see your point about it being able to keep up, but wonder if 12+ hours of wave action wouldn't do the battery in regardless?

The problem with leaving the plug out is that the bow rises really high on the swells due to the add'l water weight in the back, and that seems to compound the problem. This time the water was up to just about the front of the console, and most likely made it into the tank area too I'm guessing. It does make sense though and seems like it would be a great feature to have, foolproof in a sense. Maybe with the batt's and oil tank fwd, the water will be at a lower level with the plugs out.