I don't know if that year allows removal of the locker floors, but when we got our 2009 24Ve we stripped its lockers bare to the hull and to the transom. Rotated batteries, TAPS pump, everything to a shelf behind the engine, which opened up GOBS of volume. Then had custom Fly High fat sacs made that run from the transom all the way forward under the passenger seats (over ten feet long), all the way from the hull to the locker doors (over four feet tall). The result is an incredible amount of ballast that takes maximum advantage of that nice, long 24 foot hull and throws an astonishing wave.
My point here is that moving the batteries and TAPS pump is definitely worth it if you can also remove the locker floor all the way back to the transom. In that case, you're recovering access to the space UNDER the batteries/pump. Yes, the batteries weigh something already, but if you can extend your fat sacs into that volume they will put water in the ENTIRE volume, rather than just a couple of little rectangular boxes with lots of air all around them.
Here is a link to my 24Ve maximum ballast writeup, in case it proves helpful.
My point here is that moving the batteries and TAPS pump is definitely worth it if you can also remove the locker floor all the way back to the transom. In that case, you're recovering access to the space UNDER the batteries/pump. Yes, the batteries weigh something already, but if you can extend your fat sacs into that volume they will put water in the ENTIRE volume, rather than just a couple of little rectangular boxes with lots of air all around them.
Here is a link to my 24Ve maximum ballast writeup, in case it proves helpful.
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