Windflaps
 

I took my 25 Tantrum out for the first time Saturday, love the boat awesome handling and ride for the size, but the wife hates all the wind. My question is has anyone installed windflaps on one of these boats. Or is there a better answer I had them on my Advantage and they worked great

GIve her a paintball mask.. She'll be fine :D lol

Mine had an aftermarket windshield made, but I took it off. I dont recall seeing the flaps like you are talking about on a Tantrum, but I'm sure someone has some ideas.

did it knock down the wind any, the ones I am looking at are at Finneys.com

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Mine are fixed, they don't open and close. I believe pat installed them when the boat was built.

do they knock the wind down

I got Sleevless' old deflector, works great! No more bugs pelting me in the face either

Could you send me a pic to [email protected]

Will do when I got home later.

Yes. For the driver and passenger.

Do you have any close up of it

I'll check and e-mail you

I'm glad that windshield worked out for you...

I had the flip-up wind flaps installed on my Tantrum, after enduring 3 years of wind in the face. They are awesome! You still get a little wind, but overall it is much quieter. I would recommend getting three and putting one in the middle.

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I bought the flaps from Finneys and they were a waste of money. I couldn't figure out how to make them look good on the Tantrum. They don't fit right on the lip below the ferring (above the gauges). The mounting brackets are too wide. I even had aluminum blocks fabricated and powdercoated for mounting them on the lip, but that didn't work out either. I didn't want to mount them right on the ferring and ruin the look of the boat.

If you want them, I can send you my leftover parts to that idea. I know I still have two of the clear plastic flaps from Finnys, not sure what mounting hardware is left over. Send me an email, [email protected].

sent you an email

Does your boat have the upholstered "crash pad" on the dash? If so, maybe you could add a Lexan windscreen like the larger models have.

That is what I would do.

I had the flip ups on my 28 Pantera and they did help some. I do not think that style is available anywhere anymore.
I have a 3.5" acylic deflector on my 32 and it helps a LOT.

could you email me a pic of yours [email protected]

works great! You ever put the crash pad on?

I don't have any decent pics of mine. Bascially, its a piece of acrylic or lexan that is mounted between the crash pad and the fairing. It is vertical and deflects the wind right over your head.

There are some pics in the thread of the one on Pwraddr's 37 http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/a...pwraddr-2.html

Looks like what I am going to try