Hi Gents,
A good Buddy of mine has a new to him 19' 11" Lund Aluminum Boat with a 1999 Honda 4 stroke OB. (I'm not 100% sure yet on the model but he said it's a 2000 SE Adventure - I think its the 2000 Fisherman. He lives 25 miles away and put it away for a while so I haven't got to confirm.) . He bought it used last season (it was in very good shape as he had a marine mechanic checked it all out), and he finally convinced me to go out in it in Georgia Strait (the Salton Sea some call it now) between Vancouver and Vancouver Island, to do some fishing. He got it from the original owner, and only added a second battery and some Scotty Downriggers at the stern, and a Lowrance Elite 7 Ti at the helm.
Anyway, as I'm reasonably experienced with boats, and certainly have far more time than he does on the chuck, I did almost all of the driving. I was appalled how much Bow Rise there was (pretty close to being dangerous in my opinion) when starting, and "porpoising" badly once on plane. It also required constant steering correction on plane, and also when trolling. (I'll tackle that issue separately.)
I'm used to larger boats on the ocean, and all of them have Trim Tabs. Larger heavier boats by nature don't have much Bow rise, but this Lund is light and the Honda is not. And I expect adding the extra Battery, Cables, etc. at the stern probably just made the situation worse.
I've read about Nauticus Smart tabs vs Bennett Self Leveling Trim Tabs (SLTs) but have not seen any posts (or YouTubes) with either one installed on a Tin Boat. Also the actuator technology is different spring vs pneumatic , and the material is Stainless on the SLTs and some kind of Plastic on the Smart Tabs.
Typically one would be looking at electric or hydraulic trim tabs but this boat is under 20 feet and my friend like to be frugal. (I know what boat stand for...). These seem to be well accepted solutions for this size of boat - along with Hydrofoils. So I'm looking for some guidance and references here.
Do you know anything about these devices? Is one of them the solution here, or should I push him to manually adjustable Trim Tabs or a Hydrofoil? Please advise your opinions Thanks.
A good Buddy of mine has a new to him 19' 11" Lund Aluminum Boat with a 1999 Honda 4 stroke OB. (I'm not 100% sure yet on the model but he said it's a 2000 SE Adventure - I think its the 2000 Fisherman. He lives 25 miles away and put it away for a while so I haven't got to confirm.) . He bought it used last season (it was in very good shape as he had a marine mechanic checked it all out), and he finally convinced me to go out in it in Georgia Strait (the Salton Sea some call it now) between Vancouver and Vancouver Island, to do some fishing. He got it from the original owner, and only added a second battery and some Scotty Downriggers at the stern, and a Lowrance Elite 7 Ti at the helm.
Anyway, as I'm reasonably experienced with boats, and certainly have far more time than he does on the chuck, I did almost all of the driving. I was appalled how much Bow Rise there was (pretty close to being dangerous in my opinion) when starting, and "porpoising" badly once on plane. It also required constant steering correction on plane, and also when trolling. (I'll tackle that issue separately.)
I'm used to larger boats on the ocean, and all of them have Trim Tabs. Larger heavier boats by nature don't have much Bow rise, but this Lund is light and the Honda is not. And I expect adding the extra Battery, Cables, etc. at the stern probably just made the situation worse.
I've read about Nauticus Smart tabs vs Bennett Self Leveling Trim Tabs (SLTs) but have not seen any posts (or YouTubes) with either one installed on a Tin Boat. Also the actuator technology is different spring vs pneumatic , and the material is Stainless on the SLTs and some kind of Plastic on the Smart Tabs.
Typically one would be looking at electric or hydraulic trim tabs but this boat is under 20 feet and my friend like to be frugal. (I know what boat stand for...). These seem to be well accepted solutions for this size of boat - along with Hydrofoils. So I'm looking for some guidance and references here.
Do you know anything about these devices? Is one of them the solution here, or should I push him to manually adjustable Trim Tabs or a Hydrofoil? Please advise your opinions Thanks.