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18ft Triton Fish n Ski Yamaha 2-stoke carb 150
I have recently run my boat without a trim tab (came off in the fall) and with a trim tab (had it replaced in the spring.
There are considerable differences and I was wondering what everyones thoughts were to the running a boat each way.
While running WOT without a trim tab the boat seemed to run best when my motor was trimmed about 3/4 of the way out
While running WOT with a trim tab the boat seems to run best with the motor timmed about 1/4 - 1/2 of the way out.
When I say "run best" I mean how easy the boat was to drive steering and handling wise.
I haven't verified this but it seems that the boat was faster without a trim tab, but at WOT with the trim all the way out it was almost impossible to turn the steering wheel.
With the trim tab on, WOT and trimmed all the way out, the steering is still harder than cruising speeds, but noticebly more managable than running without a trim tab.
I have also noticed some boats have just a tab-less plate installed where a trim tab would normally be. Is there a benifit either way?
I have recently run my boat without a trim tab (came off in the fall) and with a trim tab (had it replaced in the spring.
There are considerable differences and I was wondering what everyones thoughts were to the running a boat each way.
While running WOT without a trim tab the boat seemed to run best when my motor was trimmed about 3/4 of the way out
While running WOT with a trim tab the boat seems to run best with the motor timmed about 1/4 - 1/2 of the way out.
When I say "run best" I mean how easy the boat was to drive steering and handling wise.
I haven't verified this but it seems that the boat was faster without a trim tab, but at WOT with the trim all the way out it was almost impossible to turn the steering wheel.
With the trim tab on, WOT and trimmed all the way out, the steering is still harder than cruising speeds, but noticebly more managable than running without a trim tab.
I have also noticed some boats have just a tab-less plate installed where a trim tab would normally be. Is there a benifit either way?