24 x 7 Leaning??????
 

I have an outboard 24 super... I think I need to put tabs on it.. Or I dont have a clue how to drive it. It constantly wants to lean to the Port side of the boat if the wind is not directly head on. The previous owner(a friend of mine) indicated it was the wind direction, and I can see how that would affect it..... But it seems to want to lean regardless.... And always to the left. Is this just a characteristic of the hull? Would tabs fix it??? Any lesson on this would be appreciated. My current set up is a ox66 Yamaha with 12" of set back.

Tabs will help... I have 12" lenco's on my wannabe 24 x7, and I have to make adjustments if I make and change in direction to the waves.. a 7 foot beam is pretty sensitive that way. you don't need huge tabs to fix it. And you want to take it easy getting used to them as you can put it on its side pretty easy.

Thanks for the reply... I will look into that. My wife thinks the boat is gonna tip over..lol. The confusing thing to me is that its always to the same side.

The 24 (I/O) I had would lean to port when coming on plane. As soon as I trimmed up a bit it would level out. Try playing with various trim settings.

That is interesting... I did notice that it is reduced with trim.. And does it worse when planning up.

Think about your prop, with every revolution it is not only digging foreward, it is also trying to dig to the side. The Narrower the beam the less resistance to sideway movement.

Yah... That makes sense.

All 7' beam boats have this problem . On I/O's you can fix the problem by turning a left hand drive . this counteracts the centrifugal force of the motor and in most cases will create perfect balance . On an outboard boat the only way to fix it is to install a set of tabs .

Thanks,

I am starting to come to this conclusion. Would you agree that small 12" lenco's/bennetts would do the trick?

Here is my setup and it does the job without problem

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