Petesafloat
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- Feb 6, 2014
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So I'm brand new to this forum and back owning a boat after half a century away. I bought a 1987 aluminum "bass" boat. 15' poor mans' model. It came with a 1987 35 hp Force outboard. Runs quite well, but pulls right firmly at speed. Problem is, it has no trim tab on motor. The exhaust snout is asymmetrical. Starboard side is cut back farther than port. I assume it was designed to use uneven exhaust direction to compensate for motor rotation. If so, I hope the design team left to find another avocation. After much Google searching, and discarding discussions about adjusting a (non-existent) trim tab and changing the mounting height of motor on transom (quite impractical), I am thinking about installing my own trim tab(s) on cavitation plate. It is already drilled for a pair of hydrofoil fins. I'm thinking of experimenting using a 4 or 5" piece of 1" aluminum angle mounted on the plate. Possibly a piece on both sides of the lower unit. Anyone ever done this or thought of what possible problems might be encountered?