Short Boat long K-Planes?? CL Find
03-02-2014, 03:27 PM
#11
I found them to be dangerous on my 28 pad bottom boat, ended taking them off and selling, they did not add speed, did add a little in intermediate water, the one time the switch or relay stuck it threw the boat on it's side, nearly throwing two people out the boat at 70+ mph.
I like them just fine on a heavier v bottom boat, just not on a light fast hull.
I like them just fine on a heavier v bottom boat, just not on a light fast hull.
03-02-2014, 03:57 PM
#13
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I am curious....What brand was this 28 pad bottom?
Thanks,
Padraig
Thanks,
Padraig
I found them to be dangerous on my 28 pad bottom boat, ended taking them off and selling, they did not add speed, did add a little in intermediate water, the one time the switch or relay stuck it threw the boat on it's side, nearly throwing two people out the boat at 70+ mph.
I like them just fine on a heavier v bottom boat, just not on a light fast hull.
I like them just fine on a heavier v bottom boat, just not on a light fast hull.
03-02-2014, 08:27 PM
#19
Driver-441
Racer
Nothing wrong with running longer trim tabs - as long as you can pick them up all the way when you don' need them. The longer tabs effectively lengthen the hull by the length of the tab - but don't add as much drag as a hull that long would.
Here's the rub on this particular boat. Note that the ad says it has "fixed K-planes." And if you look closely at the picture, that's exactly what they are - fixed and non-adjustable. That's not exactly what I'd want.
Here's the rub on this particular boat. Note that the ad says it has "fixed K-planes." And if you look closely at the picture, that's exactly what they are - fixed and non-adjustable. That's not exactly what I'd want.
03-03-2014, 06:52 AM
#20
Gold Member
Gold Member
I found them to be dangerous on my 28 pad bottom boat, ended taking them off and selling, they did not add speed, did add a little in intermediate water, the one time the switch or relay stuck it threw the boat on it's side, nearly throwing two people out the boat at 70+ mph.
I like them just fine on a heavier v bottom boat, just not on a light fast hull.
I like them just fine on a heavier v bottom boat, just not on a light fast hull.
I will agree that the longer the tab, the more leverage it can apply to a given hull. That said, dropping one all the way down unexpectedly would cause a real problem. In all of my years of boating though, I've never had one go down by itself. I did have one experience similar to yours though on a test drive of a 32' cruiser with a fly bridge - which we were driving from. After I'd shown the prospective buyer how everything worked, he took the helm. As we were clipping along at a stately 25 MPH or so, he casually asked "What's this do?" as he leaned on the port tab down switch. Before I noticed what he was playing with, the Titanic heeled over to starboard hard - almost throwing me on top of him. I slapped the sticks back to idle to save the ship, then explained what he'd done. He didn't buy the boat.
