DON'T LENGTHEN BATTERY CABLE RUNS OR YOU MAY CAUSE THE FIRE.

Battery switches for the engines need to be on short cable in line with the way they run the shortest path.

Cables become problems with all the extra foot here and foot there.

The CG uses a chart. If you go up a few feet you may need larger cable. There's more heat in the drop and more issues in the ER area.

If you think you know more than the guys who built your boat you should own a bayliner. Then it may be true. The laws of physics have not changed in 50 years.