Backbouncer & Cully,
Thanks for the advice. I have a 16 ft. Willie and hardly ever fish with more than one passenger. I think I'm leaning toward the 74t Maxxum model since its considerably cheaper than the Riptide ($399 for the 74T Maxxum at Cabelas). I don't see using it in the salt since I have a 9 hp mecury for that.
I'm wondering where a good spot is to park two 55lb batteries inside the boat. I think the batteries would be too tall to fit inside the storage carpment seat. Also I'm currious with a 24 volt system if there's a way you can hook up a charger to charge both batteries at the same time?
I'm pretty sure you can reverse the head on most of the Minn Kota models.