I didn't see this post till just now! thanks for the pictures troy! that jump is exactly what i was thinking of doing and using a Deutsche connector in case i needed extra room to knock the tower down. The only thing that I am still having a hard time getting an idea of is going from the bottom tube into the boat i see the first picture where you are showing the cables. is that base plate hollow? where is the hole that allows the wires to come out of the lower tube and into the boat.