High and Dry Storage and Battery Charging

[heyitskirby]

I'm looking at a high and dry in the Tampa Bay area to store my boat.  This may not be the best forum for this question, but it's the only one I use...

 

Any one have experience with these and thoughts on keeping my battery charged for my electronics?  They obviously won't have a hook up while it's in the rack in the warehouse....

[GaryH]

Remove the battery/batteries and keep them on a battery tender. I’m assuming if it’s in storage it will be awhile.

[heyitskirby]

4 minutes ago, GaryH said:

Remove the battery/batteries and keep them on a battery tender. I’m assuming if it’s in storage it will be awhile.

 

Duh, good idea.  

 

These marina storage facilities are for using your boat regularly, but you get to avoid boat ramps and you're kept under cover instead of in the water and exposed.  You show up and they launch for you.  (Apologies if you already knew this).

[casts_by_fly]

If there is sunshine access, then you might be able to use a solar charger to keep the main cranking battery topped up.  If not, a circuit disconnect switch would keep the drain to a minimum and if you're not leaving it for months at a time it should be enough to start it up when they launch it.  I'd keep trolling batteries topped up at home and drop them in when you get there.

[heyitskirby]

1 hour ago, casts_by_fly said:

If there is sunshine access, then you might be able to use a solar charger to keep the main cranking battery topped up.  If not, a circuit disconnect switch would keep the drain to a minimum and if you're not leaving it for months at a time it should be enough to start it up when they launch it.  I'd keep trolling batteries topped up at home and drop them in when you get there.

 

Trolling motor is my main concern, so I think this will be my plan.

 

Thanks for the input!