Smart Tabs?

[Blue_Runner]

I am jonesing for some tabs.

[smokeonthewater]

They do make a retracting device for em but it is a manual lever on top of each tab.... Not sure how practical that would be in the big water

[SkunkBoat]

So thats an Absolutely YES and a Positvely NO....
How did I know that would happen?

I know of several boats with hydraulic that never get used. I ask, don't you use the tabs? they say "Eh...I don't even know if they work" or "the left one sticks sometimes and ...eh...too much hassle remembering if they are up or down" or "what are tabs?". Nobody I know,who has them on their boat, uses them except you guys on this site.

I saw the brackets for raising the Smart tabs. thats a must.

I figure I'll smash em on the dock first time out, trying to back in with a cranking cross-tide and wind...so I might as well go cheap.

A handful of screws from the outside and done... I think I just talked myself in...

[inaforty]

Skunk,
Running off the coast of NJ I would opt for either Lenco or Bennet.

I have never run a V 20 with tabs. I would imagine it would be an improvement on a already great hull.
I have run a 2120 sport cabin Parker, 25' Rosborough,23' Wellcraft and a 35' Bertram with tabs. All of these boats were/are affected by following seas with tabs down. Some more then others but you know the tabs are down when you're at the helm in a following sea.

Of course this from my experience in our local waters off the coast here in MA.
What might apply here might not apply somewhere else.

[step up here]

With or without tabs header EAST and enjoy another fishing season!

[SkunkBoat]

I ordered them with the retractable mount so I can lift them up. I need that also because where I dock, I often have to back against a raging current.

[Troutkiller2006]

i think you will like them. ive never ran them on a v20, we have bennetts on our cuddy and they are great on that hull. my buddy put smart tabs on his old 19' proline center console and they made a huge difference. we fished that old beat up boat out here in the gulf of mexico around cat island and the louisiana marsh for years and the before and after was undeniable. he liked them enough that they convinced him to pony up on a set of bennets some months later. of course the hydraulics are better but, at least on that hull, we could go back to smart tabs if we had too but we could never go back to nothing. they do make a difference

[Striper80]

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

So thats an Absolutely YES and a Positvely NO....
How did I know that would happen?

I know of several boats with hydraulic that never get used. I ask, don't you use the tabs? they say "Eh...I don't even know if they work" or "the left one sticks sometimes and ...eh...too much hassle remembering if they are up or down" or "what are tabs?". Nobody I know,who has them on their boat, uses them except you guys on this site.

I saw the brackets for raising the Smart tabs. thats a must.

I figure I'll smash em on the dock first time out, trying to back in with a cranking cross-tide and wind...so I might as well go cheap.

A handful of screws from the outside and done... I think I just talked myself in...

My old Striper road like crap before I put tabs on it. I would face to constantly have people move around to keep the boat from listing when underway, tabs changed that. The first few times I had my wellcraft out i didn't have tabs and I really missed them. I have lencos, but it lives on a trailer so I don't really worry too much about them.
Hopefully the smart tabs workout for you.

[bradford]

I dont have tabs, but everyone that does swears by them and says you dont know what you're missing without them. I like Bennet premier line's looks, but the price is probably high. Supposedly they will do different sizes.

[SkunkBoat]

They arrived yesterday. No time to install them but I'm not getting in the water anyways til I put my motor back together...and I'm not doing that anytime soon because I own a flower shop and Mother's Day is coming.