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I'm contemplating the installation of a Minn Kota SP 55 trolling motor on my 1998 Dauntless 15. I plan to install the battery in the center console along with the starting battery that is already in the console. I'd like to have the trolling motor connection to take place inside the anchor locker with a disconnect type plug so that I can remove the trolling motor when not being used for fishing.

My question is where/how to route the battery leads to the anchor locker. One possibility is to run the leads through the rigging tunnel to the rear of the boat and then through the rub rail to the front. This might require replacing the rub rail since it is 16 years old, but I'd like not to since the rub rail is still in good shape. Another route would be to run the TM cables trough a small hole in the front of the console, than under the console cooler/seat, over a short portion of the front deck and up through the drain for the anchor locker. This is the most direct and seemingly easiest route if I can find some sort of low profile wire raceway to put on deck to keep the leads from tangling with feet.

If anyone has any sage advice on this project I'd appreciate all the help I can get.

Gary