Captains Cat
New member
Sea Wolf":33aljn86 said:
Don't you dare go anywhere Joe!! The last time you disappeared we had to send out a search party! :lol:
Charlie
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
SMART TABS
- Thread starter cemiii
- Start date
Don't you dare go anywhere Joe!! The last time you disappeared we had to send out a search party! :lol:
Charlie
Charlie,
Joe won't go anywhere, he is too much needed AND he has to
keep you in line. He has the maturity factor floating with him
and keeping the rest of us straight and 'edgumakated'.
This ol' fool is sure glad that the CD25 came with the electric
LENCO trim tabs. No hydrolic pump and lines to leak. There is
a built in position indicator and automatic retraction [up] when the
engines are shutdown. This is very helpful when the marina's
forklift is to retrieve the boat from the dock, or it is to be placed
on some trailers.
Joe, 8) :thup :thup
Art
Joe won't go anywhere, he is too much needed AND he has to
keep you in line. He has the maturity factor floating with him
and keeping the rest of us straight and 'edgumakated'.
This ol' fool is sure glad that the CD25 came with the electric
LENCO trim tabs. No hydrolic pump and lines to leak. There is
a built in position indicator and automatic retraction [up] when the
engines are shutdown. This is very helpful when the marina's
forklift is to retrieve the boat from the dock, or it is to be placed
on some trailers.
Joe, 8) :thup :thup
Art
Art-
Thanks for the kind comments! But I really don't know about the maturity issue.....I'm 66, sometimes feel and act 86, but would like to act 26, if my body were willing!
Fortunately, I'm not quite stupid enough to try some of those 16 year old stunts anymore! But I did get my share in back then! Maybe that's why feel 86 at times now?
Now about those Lencos.
There a great design and simplification using electric motors and jack screws instead of hydraulic pumps and slave cylinders, etc. They're a great deal easier to install and service than hydraulic tabs, and take up a lot less room in the boat. Undoubtably they work great for boats that are dry stored.
But if you're going to leave the boat in the water 51 weeks out of each year, and maybe for the next 15-20 years, I just think the oil and pistons in the hydraulics are less likely to be affected by water and especially salt water getting by the o-rings than the jackscrews and electric motors inside the Lencos. Generally, the reports from owners on various sites reflect this experience.
Thanks for the comments, again, and have a great weekend!
Joe. :teeth :thup
Thanks for the kind comments! But I really don't know about the maturity issue.....I'm 66, sometimes feel and act 86, but would like to act 26, if my body were willing!
Fortunately, I'm not quite stupid enough to try some of those 16 year old stunts anymore! But I did get my share in back then! Maybe that's why feel 86 at times now?
Now about those Lencos.
There a great design and simplification using electric motors and jack screws instead of hydraulic pumps and slave cylinders, etc. They're a great deal easier to install and service than hydraulic tabs, and take up a lot less room in the boat. Undoubtably they work great for boats that are dry stored.
But if you're going to leave the boat in the water 51 weeks out of each year, and maybe for the next 15-20 years, I just think the oil and pistons in the hydraulics are less likely to be affected by water and especially salt water getting by the o-rings than the jackscrews and electric motors inside the Lencos. Generally, the reports from owners on various sites reflect this experience.
Thanks for the comments, again, and have a great weekend!
Joe. :teeth :thup
Having owned a 22 with no tabs, and then a 25 with both tabs and Permatrims, my conclusion is that both are almost necessary. Yes, the boat will do well without the tabs, but it does so much better with tabs (allow adjustment for side to side, as well as getting the bow down for chop)---but then even better to really get the bow down is the Permatrim. Of course any of these can be abused.
So, just because the smart tabs don't seem to work (as most of us felt)-don't dismiss tabs in general.
I believe that Joe (as usual) is right on with he comments about Lenco--I had a pair on a 29 footer and they did fine the 3 years I owned the boat. But the boat was lift kept, and it ran through fresh water the last 15 minutes of each day.. Effectively washing it off.
So, just because the smart tabs don't seem to work (as most of us felt)-don't dismiss tabs in general.
I believe that Joe (as usual) is right on with he comments about Lenco--I had a pair on a 29 footer and they did fine the 3 years I owned the boat. But the boat was lift kept, and it ran through fresh water the last 15 minutes of each day.. Effectively washing it off.
C-Pup16 in Los Angeles
New member
C-Pup 16 has trim tabs. I what I've learned prompts me to advise caution before buying and installing them on a small boat. First, on a 16 foot CD boat fully loaded, they only seem to have an effect at high speed. Putting the tabs fully down when moving under 14~15 knotts... the weight in my small boat with its narrow beam just does not let the tabs make much adjustment to the hull's attitude. The tabs just plow water. I have better results with an outboard trim wing bought from West Marine and bolted onto the outboard. Adjusting engine pitch is effective at all speeds even with a heavily loaded boat. A good solution might be Permatrims. See the end of the photo album for Dora~Jean at http://www.c-brats.com/modules.php?set_ ... _album.php
Here is what no one told me when I considered trim tabs. I fish. I never gave a thought to my trim tabs ruining a day's fishing until I had a large Yellowtail on my line... the largest game fish I ever caught other than thresher sharks. At the boat, he saw my trim tabs and took off in a bast before I could gaf him. The trim tab neatly cut my line. It's hard to keep a big fish from doing that on a 16 foot C-Dory. With a Permatrim or some other fin on your outboard, you can raise the motor and cutting ede of the trim device out of the water when gaffing a trophy fish. 'm now considering removing my trim tabs. What a waste of money if I do.
~ Keith, C-Pup
Here is what no one told me when I considered trim tabs. I fish. I never gave a thought to my trim tabs ruining a day's fishing until I had a large Yellowtail on my line... the largest game fish I ever caught other than thresher sharks. At the boat, he saw my trim tabs and took off in a bast before I could gaf him. The trim tab neatly cut my line. It's hard to keep a big fish from doing that on a 16 foot C-Dory. With a Permatrim or some other fin on your outboard, you can raise the motor and cutting ede of the trim device out of the water when gaffing a trophy fish. 'm now considering removing my trim tabs. What a waste of money if I do.
~ Keith, C-Pup