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Just set ours up Yesterday. Up to me they would have stayed in the box.... I get home from work before she does so I turn them on before she gets home, As long as she's happy, So am I. We didn't make it 42 years for nothing! lol
Sorry if I offended you. We are just trying to come up with a plan of sorts to figure out your particular boating situation. No need to shoot down suggestions. Regardless, it might be possible to add the weight to the bow and the stern might rise, hard to predict. I know a couple of boaters that...
Good response by Sprig. Also if the drive is a pod drive, there is no way to trim it up. If its shallow water, a thruster or trolling motor may not help. That pod drags bottom and you are basically beached/stuck.
Before you do, have it serviced, pull the drive and make sure everything is in good order. I hate it when they come in with fresh paint and have to pull them and service them.
California's electrical grid is shot. Texas isn't far behind. Look at what happend to Texas when they had one cold snap. The entire grid went down. Fix the grid, spend millions for that, figure out how to make power before selling things that require more power. How about going back to horse and...
Till you figure it out, just put them back in place, Make sure hey are fully charged, disconnect the neg battery posts and go to bed. If they are shot in the spring, they didn't want to be batteries anymore anyway. I always do this method and get 6 years out them or so. Sometimes a bit more...