Re: New 228
Yeah, I have been investigating those. Just having a hard time getting my head around why a manufacturer would deliver a boat that so obviously needed an aftermarket product to be usable. Guess they wanted to get the top speed specification as high as possible...
Its not a speed thing, the tabs will not slow your boat down. If anything it will feel more stable at those higher speeds. My 216 will get above 50 with or without trim tabs.
I don't think everyone notices or cares about the drive-ability issues you mention. For many a Tahoe is their first boat and I am guessing they think porpoising and wandering are all apart of owning a boat. Many here in this forum claim the smart-tabs should've been the first thing they did as they can't believe they tolerated the other problems so long.
I guess I don't know if this is unique to Tahoe or not, probably not, but I'm sure some other designs do have less issues. Most buy Tahoes for the layout and pricepoint. Yes, with a couple of cheap tweaks you can clearly get a very nice running boat for not a lot of dough. I don't know what the butt end of a 228 looks like, is there a good flat surface to mount them too?
