Yes..trim tabs again!!

Lazy Daze said:
LetsRock... I believe he was just saying what he said with a little "tongue in cheek". I read it as nothing more than a good-intentioned, humorous post.

I will add, though, that while doing research for better understanding is never a bad thing, there is some merit to "just trying it", as well.

I'll add one more little thing. First, though, re-read "One Step at a time" in Tabman's post.

When my brother bought his first boat with tabs, I met up with him in my boat for his maiden voyage. Beautiful day - no one else on the water. We're running about 30mph, I'm behind him, and I notice his boat lists all the way to port... then all the way to starboard... then all the way to port... you get the idea. After watching for a few minutes and noticing the smile on my face getting larger and larger, I hailed him on the VHF. I simply said "Dave, stop playing with the tab buttons". He said "How'd you know?".

Moral of the story... if you hold the button down until the boat's attitude gets to where you want it... you've held it down too long. Maybe my brother should of done some research..... :smt001
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Thats a funny story. I think I have enough information to go back out and give it another shot. The reason this is coming out now is I splashed on Saturday and wanted to give her the "trial" run to make sure all was well. It was a small craft advisory and I was listing pretty badly. I was playing around with the tabs with no noticable results. I want to make sure that next time I am able to make the necessary adjustments
 
Yeah, a small craft advisory and a 22' boat doesn't make a good combination when trying to experiment and learn how tabs work. You've got wind and wave action that's throwing you all around - often times from changing directions which makes it even harder to get in a rhythm. You're fighting just to keep attacking the waves the right way, throttling up, throttling down... now you try and throw in an unfamiliar variable? Yes... it can be frustrating.

Stick with it... the tabs will absolutely have a very noticeable impact on your boat's attitude.
 
Lazy Daze said:
Yeah, a small craft advisory and a 22' boat doesn't make a good combination when trying to experiment and learn how tabs work. You've got wind and wave action that's throwing you all around - often times from changing directions which makes it even harder to get in a rhythm. You're fighting just to keep attacking the waves the right way, throttling up, throttling down... now you try and throw in an unfamiliar variable? Yes... it can be frustrating.

Stick with it... the tabs will absolutely have a very noticeable impact on your boat's attitude.
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So who knows, maybe I was doing it right but just couldnt tell based on the conditions...LOL
 
islandhopper00 said:
No problem, something gets lost in the translation of written text sometimes. I need to do better.
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Man islandhopper you are always causing trouble. :)

Letsrock, just try not to overthink the tabs. I did that and once I dumbed myself down to following the arrows on the tabs it all worked out. Good luck.

Also, just a reminder, when you hit the tab button don't hold them for an extended period of time. Once you hit it it could take 3 or 4 seconds for the change to occur. So you need to be alittle patient for the result.
 
By George I think I got it. Had the boat out this weekend in perfect boating conditions and I finally was able to wrap my simple brain around how the tabs work. They worked as everyone here indicated they would and I was able to keep the boat level as can be with a bunch of fishing gear and fishing buddies. Thanks again all for the help.
 
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