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You should check your local boating laws but I'm pretty sure any batteries of such size are required by law to be in a covered battery box with a safety strap securing the cover and somehow fastened to the boat in a stationary manor. This is a safety precaution through and through and should be done even if your local laws don't require it!!

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- In the [#ff0000][url "http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/enforcement/docs/BoatingRegs.pdf"]Wisconsin Boating Regulations Handbook[/url] [#000000]it states on page 15 under the title [/#000000][black]"Equipment Requirements[/black][#231f20][size 1][black][size 2]"[/size][/black] :[#000000][/#000000][#000000][/#000000][/size][/#231f20]
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[#000000].[/#000000][/#ff0000][#ff0000][#00a1e1][size 1] [ul] [li] [/size][/#00a1e1][b][#ff0000][size 3]Boat Battery[/size][/#ff0000][font "Helvetica"][#231f20][size 1][black][size 2]: It shall be unlawful to operate a motor driven boat [/size][/black][black][size 2]equipped with a storage battery unless such battery is secured [/size][/black][black][size 2]against shifting. Such batteries shall be equipped with nonconductive [/size][/black][black][size 2]terminal shields to prevent accidental shorting of battery [/size][/black][black][size 2]terminals. Both positive and negative terminals need to be covered. [/size][/black][black][size 2](Covered battery box with strap works best.)[/size][/black][/li][/ul][/size][/#231f20][/font][/#ff0000][/b]



as far as the standing water goes.. I would pull the bilge plug when you get home and prop the trailer up enough so that the water doesn't have a chance to stand in it anyways. Doing that helps keep the boat clean too []
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