Fancy Nancy
New Member
- Jan 2, 2010
- 60
- Boat Info
- 2007 Sundancer 310, twin 5.0 MPI, Bravo 3's, RayMarine C80
- Engines
- 5.0LMPI's w/Bravo III
New boater here and wondering what your experience is pulling a tube occasionally behind this rig?
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Thanks guys.... you have put my mind to ease.
Can you summarize the function of the tabs when towing?
Tabs allow some of the larger boats to stay up on plane at a slower speed.
Without tabs, my boat will fall off plane at about 27mph. With my tabs down, I keep the boat on plane to around 20 mph.
BTW - The ideal tubing speed is between 20-25mph (depending on the thrill level of your rider(s)). So, you can see why you would need tabs if you boat won't stay up on plane at less than 25mph (which is not a problem for most bow riders, but is an issue on most DA's).
Update: just showed the booster ball to Kim. She saw it was 100 bucks & said "screw that ...let 'em get water in their eyes." Guess it's settled then.......:lol:
Ouch.....:lol:Doesn't she like football too, even if it is TN.
Update: just showed the booster ball to Kim. She saw it was 100 bucks & said "screw that ...let 'em get water in their eyes." Guess it's settled then.......:lol:
Nice! :grin:
I will say that it is well built and seems like it would hold up to a lot of abuse. But, yeah, I think it's over priced, too. Selling it at $99, we don't make much. But, I just can't see selling it for the list price of $130.
Tabs are absolutely indispensable when it comes to watersports. If you're towing someone that's a little timid, drop the tabs and the drive down... You can cruise around at 5mph and the bow won't come up in front of you.
In regular cruising around, if you find the bow starting to "porpoise" in certain wave conditions, you trim the tabs down a bit and it will keep the bow planted... nice and steady.
If you've got more people sitting on one side (for instance there's a good possibility your port side will be heavy), drop the tab on that side and the boat will level right out.
Who knows what's going to happen the first time Nancy plays with the tabs - especially trying the "leveling out" thing? I bet I do! :grin::lol:
PS: Nancy, are you the author of the books?
I'm expecting an adventure when she tackles the tabs issue....:smt001