How much room for smart tabs...

[Sparkyxplorer]

I just bought a bowrider, and takes a while to plane out...especially if we have all the weight in the back and nobody up front, or if we are pulling someone off the tower. It seems a lot of people have had success with the "smart tabs". The boat is a donzi ragazza and has a built in swim platform...so my question is Does anybody have a measurement how far the shock tab at the top of the smart tab is from the hinge of the smart tab. So how much vertical room from the bottom edge of the hull, up the transom does the tab need to have in order to be properly mounted

If any one knows that or could measure that...that would be great

 

[a70eliminator]

Re: How much room for smart tabs...

I went through this with my Chaparral having also a built in swim platform, had to put the tabs a little more towards the keel than I wanted to but they work great nevertheless, I believe you'll need minimum of 10", I have pics up of mine if you do a search on smart tabs pics.

 

[Maclin]

Re: How much room for smart tabs...

Hey Sparky, Just call Nauticus, they will be glad to help, they have helped with all kinds of boats and will know pretty much right away the answers you need I bet.