Hi NautiJohn hope you can help me! it might be a curly one 
.<br /><br />I have just received my new Smart Tabs by mail bought here in Australia, after reading all your posts on iboats about them.<br /><br />Here is a bit of background:<br /><br />I ordered the 60lb struts but received the 80lb ones by mistake, the plates are 9 by 12.<br /><br />Achris's boat pic in this link minus the cabin (mine is a runabout),2 feet and a little bit of deadrise (mine is 20deg) is a dead ringer for my boat. My boat is heavier than average for length too.<br /><br /> http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=037177#000037 <br /><br />I am in the process of rebuilding my boat and was stocking up on the bits I wanted to fit, I am 3 or 4 months away from running it so I cannot just do a test.<br />The boat has had the transom raised and a 2 foot setback pod will be fitted with an omc V4 to power it along. Also there will be an extra 70+ pounds of transom capping, bait tanks and associated glass at the rear.<br /><br />I chose your tabs because of all the extra rearward weight I will be adding and wanted to ensure it would jump onto and hold a low speed plane and so it would settle fairly flat without the swamping wave the engine may experience coming of the plane.<br /><br />I chose the 60lb struts in the hope that at any speed I would not overwhelm the hull with stern lift and 'bow steer' the hull from the gang up effect of both the hull hook and the smart-tabs. This boat will only see fairly long haul offshore work with some fairly rough water and following seas.<br /> <br />So what should I do? Based on what I wanted them for what would you have originally advised? Could the 80s cause a potentially dangerous situation on this hooked hull?<br /><br />By the time I can actually test the boat I will probably not be able to return or swap the struts.<br />Look forward to your advice.<br /><br />Sorry about the length of the post.<br /><br />Cheers Evan125<br /><br />Ps the actual rebuild is here: <br /><br /> http://www.shareaproject.com/pages/projectTut,p,28,00.html
.<br /><br />I have just received my new Smart Tabs by mail bought here in Australia, after reading all your posts on iboats about them.<br /><br />Here is a bit of background:<br /><br />I ordered the 60lb struts but received the 80lb ones by mistake, the plates are 9 by 12.<br /><br />Achris's boat pic in this link minus the cabin (mine is a runabout),2 feet and a little bit of deadrise (mine is 20deg) is a dead ringer for my boat. My boat is heavier than average for length too.<br /><br /> http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=037177#000037 <br /><br />I am in the process of rebuilding my boat and was stocking up on the bits I wanted to fit, I am 3 or 4 months away from running it so I cannot just do a test.<br />The boat has had the transom raised and a 2 foot setback pod will be fitted with an omc V4 to power it along. Also there will be an extra 70+ pounds of transom capping, bait tanks and associated glass at the rear.<br /><br />I chose your tabs because of all the extra rearward weight I will be adding and wanted to ensure it would jump onto and hold a low speed plane and so it would settle fairly flat without the swamping wave the engine may experience coming of the plane.<br /><br />I chose the 60lb struts in the hope that at any speed I would not overwhelm the hull with stern lift and 'bow steer' the hull from the gang up effect of both the hull hook and the smart-tabs. This boat will only see fairly long haul offshore work with some fairly rough water and following seas.<br /> <br />So what should I do? Based on what I wanted them for what would you have originally advised? Could the 80s cause a potentially dangerous situation on this hooked hull?<br /><br />By the time I can actually test the boat I will probably not be able to return or swap the struts.<br />Look forward to your advice.<br /><br />Sorry about the length of the post.<br /><br />Cheers Evan125<br /><br />Ps the actual rebuild is here: <br /><br /> http://www.shareaproject.com/pages/projectTut,p,28,00.html