Newbie question, trim tabs

[lou]

Hi, I recently purchased a 2018 239 CC with a 300 HP Suzuki.  I bought it off season and we put it in the water for the first time later this month.

For those of you with this boat (or similar) I have a question about how you use the trim tabs.  I will often be using the boat in the bays off of LBI in NJ and there's a lot of shallow water here.

When you are in shallow water and taking off, are you lowering your trim tabs all the way to help get you up on plane quicker?  And then returning them to normal after on plane?

The bays off of LBI are tricky and I'm still new to these waters.  At low tide, there are plenty of places where the depth is 2 feet and it's not always easy to avoid when you're out of the main channel.  Any feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Lou

[gnrphil]

Yes that's exactly how to do it, you could also try not lowering the outboard all the way down and see how she planes with full tabs. I'd try that in a place where you have good depth to test that theory first, what size tabs do you have ? .

[mosquito13]

I had a 17' tunnel hull pathfinder with trim tabs. When stuck in a pothole I could get on plane in length of boat by full down on tabs and turning one direction and full commitment with the throttle. Might take a 360 to get to speed... Very handy when overstaying a flat on a dropping winter negative tide. Different propping helps, loose some top end but gain on the acceleration. With the 2100 CC I get out and wade more & further.

[Juan]

Apr 15, 2019 15:09:56 GMT -6 mosquito13 said:

I had a 17' tunnel hull pathfinder with trim tabs. When stuck in a pothole I could get on plane in length of boat by full down on tabs and turning one direction and full commitment with the throttle. Might take a 360 to get to speed... Very handy when overstaying a flat on a dropping winter negative tide. Different propping helps, loose some top end but gain on the acceleration. With the 2100 CC I get out and wade more & further.

Do you have tabs on the 2100? With the tabs down, I've gotten on plane in 2' by doing as you described but I normally try to get in 3' cuz I like to keep the paint on my skeg.