distribution

I have just bought a 28+ and am running down issues with how the 12V instruments and lights are distributed. The sounder was wired in with the cabin lights and so ran anytime the lights breaker was closed. When I removed the sounder to a different breaker the port side cabin lights went with...

My E23 shares the common "Ericson squat" when under way and I'm pretty sure the deeper the stern settles, the less efficiently she is moving through the water. I have taken numerous steps to get moveable weight forward, and the results seem to help. Now I am wondering what the ideal location...