Re: Sellin' stuff
To Dave and Anyone else who may have been offended by my response to posts.<br />Without excuses:<br />When you believe in a product, and do not have the multi million $ to conduct an advertising blitz, "word of mouth" becomes very important. This web site and it's forums are about as good as it gets in customer service and consumer participation in assiting other consumers. In the "passion of the moment" I have pushed the envelope on occassion, but not without an honest attempt at helping. <br /><br />The answers to question, advise, and recommendations are born out of experience over the years , and this product has been a real eductation for me personally. <br /><br />What is truly frustrating is the gross misconceptions about small boat handling and the fixes that many boat manufacturers and dealers offer as remedies to problems. I can not tell you how often I have heard "Our boats don't need trim tabs" and " our hull design is better, different, state of the art, etc". <br /><br />The buying public must not agree since Hydrofoils sell at the rate of about 250,000 units per year for the "purpose of improving the boats performance". Helm controlled trim tabs are selling by the thousands for smaller and smaller boats. We have sold thousands for smaller boats. This is in addition to the many thousands of Props that are sold in many cases just to cure handling issues.<br /><br />There is no fixed design hull that will perform effectively over the entire range of opperation. Each hull is designed for a specific purpose. MasterCraft fro skiing, Bass Boats for speed and fishing, Bow riders for more universal water sports, a barge for heavy loads.<br /><br />Adding additional fixed trim or plaining devises to a fixed hull simply alters the performance in one direction or another, but leaves other issues unanswered or worse. <br /><br />Adjusting the hull design is the only way to effectively improve and broaden the overall hull efficiency and performance. Trim Tabs do that, much in the same way as flaps on airplane wings.
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