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There is an amazing self-realization that one goes through after rigging a modern, 21st century efficient, quiet, and clean outboard to their Classic Boston Whaler. That is you no longer need high fuel capacity, e.g., 24 gallons, stored under your console, to operate your vessel all day, or even all weekend.

Are you installing an original specification mahogany console? The console base interior space dimensions are roughly 24x32.5x14 inches.

If you choose to install two high-profile moeller tanks that measure 23x14x14.5 inches, you will have room for the rigging lines to run from the rig tunnel through the console base into the console top area; However, you will not have enough height clearance.

I installed a piece of solid mahogany wood on my console base to increase the clearance height to 15 3/8 inches, in order for a high-profile tank to fit. But as it turned out, I never needed more than 12 gallons fuel capacity for day-long or weekend long cruising.

Another benefit for adding a piece of solid mahogany to the base of the console is that it is a superior way to provide "anti-wicking" measures when you have standing water on your deck and want to preserve your mahogany plywood for the long-term. Oh, and lots of varnish coats also protects the wood, of course.

What do you mean by this statement: "It is important to keep the fuel tanks forward due to weight?"