Tuna Man

Yesterday I spent the day with a long time friend (lives in Philly MS.)on the "Tombigbee" at Demopolis (only place that had plenty of water) in his new "Homemade" boat. This has been a 3 year undertaking. I forgot to grab my camera and noticed that fact 30 minutes down the road, but did stop at a CVS to buy a disposable, so pictures will follow when developed. One thing that I noticed that he needs is trim tabs.

BudYsr

I think the ShipShape T.V. program did an episode on those. You might be able to dig around and find that episode. If I remember correctly, they liked the smart tabs, but the only negative was when in reverse and backing the boat up. Also, I think you have to remember to manually pull the tabs up each time you beach the boat and also load onto the trailer. Otherwise, I think they had good results with the actual ride. There are a few boaters on the FS boating forum that have these tabs.

Murphy's Law

I put some smart tabs on my carolina skiff andit was a waste of money,made the boat plow real bad. Ended up putting a permatrim on it. Not sure what he needs corrected on his boat but the permatrim made mine ride/handle like a different boat. http://www.shipyardisland.com/Permatrims.htm

reely blessed

I have smart tabs on my 19ft. Bayliner Trophy after watching ship shape T.V.(I was sold).They work well but have had problems with the shocks going out. My boatis on a trailer so the boat isn't subjected to long periods of saltwater. I have had problems with the shocks rusting out. Each new pair that I have received I can tell the manufactureis trying to improve the shocks. I have had them 3 years and I am on my third pair of shocks. If I had to do it over again I would go electric. They didn't charge my for the first two replacements and gave me a discount on the last pair. It's a boat whats an extra fifty bucks.

jaw-jacker69

Bennet sport tabs is something you should look into.

Serendib

I would pretty much expect to have problems with the reliability of the spring assembly and the preset pressure levels. I would recommend Bennet Sport Tabs. Also the hydraulics on the Bennett System are so very reliable.

duckhuntinsailor

I don't see where those are saving any room.

Tuna Man

Xanadu

Pop put those on a 50 yr old mahogany penn yan due to simplicity and space. He tore them off after about a month and made room for Bennetts. He had nothing good to say about them.

Flounderpounder

Maybe it depends on the boat? My Bro-in law put em on his 15' whaler, and they made a huge difference!!!! Sweet lil' boat by the way!