Trim tabs

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by aussie

hi guys i have been reading alot of old posts about trim tads from what i read the seem to help keep the nose of the boat down on bad weather my last boat was a outboard and i could trim the motor down untill water was coming over the deck-- so do larger boats suffer with running with there nose in the sky i have seen alot of big cruiser riding high up front but i thought it was beacuse of the big heavy inboards and lac of driver experance this pictures i got of my v20 sitting in the water it looks really well balanced so please give me so insite on this topic and WOW there not cheap to buy

No comparison - these V20's / V21's to the large deep V cruisers that ride " bow high. "

With these V runabout's, it's about using the tabs to get the cutting edge into the waves to reduce lift and slam back down - pounding as it's called.

Too much tab.........sure....... the bow will ride a bit further down and you'll eventually start taking waves. It's real easy to feel - running into a chop and just adding a little tab until the boat's riding at the best attitude.