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No matter what kind of boat you own, trim tabs can help improve your ride. Once mounted on your transom, these adjustable stainless steel planes give you the biggest bang for your style of boat. Whether you use your boat for fishing, wakeboarding or just cruising, trim tabs deliver a better boating experience.[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Small vs. Big[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]While in the past, trim tabs were most often found on cabin cruisers and sport-fishers over 25 feet, today they have become common equipment on boats 17-25 feet. You see trim tabs on everything from bass boats to bow riders, ski boats to center consoles.[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Many still believe that trim tabs are less important on smaller boats, but in fact the opposite is true. Trim tabs improve the ride of even the largest planing hulls, but on a smaller boat you will notice the difference much more. For instance, bigger boats are much less affected by weight distribution than smaller boats.[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]After decades of use on the water, it's been proven that all boats, large and small, benefit from trim tabs for the same reasons - they improve getting up on plane and fuel efficiency, they correct for uneven weight distribution, and they improve speed, safety and overall boat performance.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Fishing Boats[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]These boats are designed for skinny water (shallow) and speed. Therefore the hull is often flat which means that any chop on the water creates a very bumpy ride. Fishermen use tabs to bring the bow down and smooth the ride out. They also need to get up on plane quickly without digging into the bottom. They put their tabs down and literally pop up on plane.[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Offshore, Cuddy Cabin, Walk-around and Center Console[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]They use trim tabs to smooth out rough rides (and go faster than they could ordinarily). Having a deeper V, they are more susceptible to listing. Tabs obviously come in handy here.[/FONT]
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Water Sports[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Standard tabs on the family runabout allow the boat to pull heavier or multiple skiers, and slow down for the smaller kids without going bow-high. Safety is a real advantage with tabs here. You can use your tabs to improve visibility and avoid running over something you didn't see. Specialized wake tabs also help you shape and control the size of the wake, and plane at lower speeds.[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Cruisers[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]The bigger ones all come with tabs, but a few of the smaller day cruisers may not. Since these boats are heavy for their size, they all should have tabs. Otherwise they plow and struggle to get up on and stay on plane.[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]As you can see, nearly all boats can benefit from the addition of trim tabs. Time and time again, boaters are amazed by the results and feel like they have a brand new boat. They can't imagine boating again without their tabs. Find a wide selection of Bennett trim tabs for your boat at iboats.com.[/FONT]
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Article courtesy of Bennett Marine, the largest manufacturer of trim tabs in the world. Take a look at the wide selection of Bennett trim tabs for your boat type, size and boating use at iboats.com.[/FONT]
No matter what kind of boat you own, trim tabs can help improve your ride. Once mounted on your transom, these adjustable stainless steel planes give you the biggest bang for your style of boat. Whether you use your boat for fishing, wakeboarding or just cruising, trim tabs deliver a better boating experience.[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Small vs. Big[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]While in the past, trim tabs were most often found on cabin cruisers and sport-fishers over 25 feet, today they have become common equipment on boats 17-25 feet. You see trim tabs on everything from bass boats to bow riders, ski boats to center consoles.[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Many still believe that trim tabs are less important on smaller boats, but in fact the opposite is true. Trim tabs improve the ride of even the largest planing hulls, but on a smaller boat you will notice the difference much more. For instance, bigger boats are much less affected by weight distribution than smaller boats.[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]After decades of use on the water, it's been proven that all boats, large and small, benefit from trim tabs for the same reasons - they improve getting up on plane and fuel efficiency, they correct for uneven weight distribution, and they improve speed, safety and overall boat performance.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Fishing Boats[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]These boats are designed for skinny water (shallow) and speed. Therefore the hull is often flat which means that any chop on the water creates a very bumpy ride. Fishermen use tabs to bring the bow down and smooth the ride out. They also need to get up on plane quickly without digging into the bottom. They put their tabs down and literally pop up on plane.[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Offshore, Cuddy Cabin, Walk-around and Center Console[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]They use trim tabs to smooth out rough rides (and go faster than they could ordinarily). Having a deeper V, they are more susceptible to listing. Tabs obviously come in handy here.[/FONT]
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Water Sports[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Standard tabs on the family runabout allow the boat to pull heavier or multiple skiers, and slow down for the smaller kids without going bow-high. Safety is a real advantage with tabs here. You can use your tabs to improve visibility and avoid running over something you didn't see. Specialized wake tabs also help you shape and control the size of the wake, and plane at lower speeds.[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]Cruisers[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]The bigger ones all come with tabs, but a few of the smaller day cruisers may not. Since these boats are heavy for their size, they all should have tabs. Otherwise they plow and struggle to get up on and stay on plane.[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Arial, sans-serif]As you can see, nearly all boats can benefit from the addition of trim tabs. Time and time again, boaters are amazed by the results and feel like they have a brand new boat. They can't imagine boating again without their tabs. Find a wide selection of Bennett trim tabs for your boat at iboats.com.[/FONT]
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Article courtesy of Bennett Marine, the largest manufacturer of trim tabs in the world. Take a look at the wide selection of Bennett trim tabs for your boat type, size and boating use at iboats.com.[/FONT]