John Fraser
Well-known member
My boat/motor is now six years old. I noticed in the late summer/early fall that the motor started a little sluggishly on the first start of the day. Subsequent starts after that seem fine and peppy. I'm continuing to notice this initial sluggish start and believe that the battery may not be holding a charge that well. With colder temps approaching, I'm nervous that it may not start one morning. The motor is a 2013 Honda 60hp four stroke and the current (original) battery is 525 CCA. The Honda manual says that I should have a minimum of 420 CCA. While looking into a new battery I talked to the marina that services my motor. They are a Honda dealer, but not the dealer that I bought the boat and motor from. They said that they put 1,000 CCA batteries on all of their Hondas. Aside form the extra weight in the stern, is there any disadvantage to using a battery with 1,000 CCA? The price they quoted me for the battery seems reasonable compared to what I just paid for the 550 CCA battery that I put in my wife's car.