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Nauticus Smart Tabs™ - Self-Adjusting Trim Tabs

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Regular Price:: $134.99

Item: IK-014354

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Nauticus Smart Tabs™ - Self-Adjusting Trim Tabs

Automatically adjusts to water conditions
No expensive electric or hydraulic hardware
Constantly reacts to conditions, speed and balance
No other plaining device should be used with Smart Tabs

Improve your boat’s economy, handling and safety with the unmatched convenience of completely automatic Smart Tabs SX. The Smart Tabs automatic trim plate system consists of two trim plates that are automatically adjusted by two nitrogen gas actuators, so absolutely no operator adjustment is needed while motoring. The innovative nitrogen gas actuator design provides lift at the stern of the boat by holding the trim plates down during acceleration. As the boat speed increases, the water pressure exceeds the actuator load rating and the trim plates begin to move upward until horizontal with the bottom of the boat. As the boat speed decreases, the water pressure decreases and the trim plates move down to optimize the lift, which keeps the boat on plane. The actuators have no internal metal springs and are completely regulated by nitrogen gas pressure. The internal valve system dampens the trim plate movement, which eliminates any instant reaction to minor water pressure variances. Smart Tabs provide smooth and undetectable reaction to boat speed. Simple installation with common hand tools. Includes all mounting hardware, instructions and templates. No through-the-hull drilling required.

Available: Smart Tabs SX.
Boat length/horsepower:

12’-15’, 25hp-35hp
14’-17’, 40hp-80hp
15’-19’, 60hp-140hp
16’-20’, 140hp-225hp

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Overall Customer Rating:

4.7 out of 5

16 out of 18(89%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.

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Overall Customer Rating:

5 out of 5

doghouse01

Location:Wyoming

Age:36-45

Gender:Male

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Money Well Spent

Date:August 17, 2010

Installed these on a heavy 1990s Celebrity 18-1/2 foot bowrider with a 5.7L Merc Alpha 1. Previously, the boat was very slow to plane, almost too slow to do anything but tube behind it, even pitched down to 15". These tabs completely changed how this boat performs. It now planes out in what feels like half the distance and time, easily pulls a slalom skier up from a deepwater start. I don't notice much difference in top end, but it does require less trim from the drive and is much more stable, almost no porpoising at all.

I was a bit skeptical as well about the nylon bolts and nuts that hold it all together, but so far this summer, none of them have come loose or show any signs of wear. They'll be easy to replace should the need arise. The instructions could be a bit more robust in terms of adjustment, but the installation itself took less than 30 minutes.

Compared to the cost and installation complexity of electro-hydraulic tabs, these tabs were very well worth their relatively minimal cost.

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Overall Customer Rating:

5 out of 5

somethinsFishy

Location:KC Kansas

Age:56-65

Gender:Male

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

More than I could have hoped for

Date:June 19, 2010

I have a Lowe Angler 140, that was originally a tiller steer. It would get up to about 20 knots (GPS) but porpoised horribly. So I had to keep it to about 14-15. The bow would still ride high, even with the motor trimmed all the way under.

I decided to convert the boat and motor to remote steering. This project only added about 35 lbs. to the boat, but even though I liked the steering vs. tiller, now I could never get up on plane and top end was about 8-9 knots. Nose still way up. I was preparing to move the trolling battery to a front compartment, but wasn\u2019t looking forward to the work. I decided to try Smart Tabs SX. I got the SX9510-30BL. Easy to install. I used the middle hole. I went right over to the lake to test.

Nose stayed down thru hole shot, the boat got up to 23.9 knots and was amazed! I actually gained on the top end. I would have been happy with 16-17 as long as the nose stayed down and I could see where I was going. I might even have a little more top end speed but realized I was speeding on our lake (20 mph) .

I haven\u2019t ever enjoyed this boat as much as I do now with the Smart Tabs. Thanks for the great product.

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Overall Customer Rating:

3 out of 5

lss1

Location:Maine

Would you recommend this product to a friend? No

Pro Troller Smart Tabs

Date:September 2, 2009

Very hard to operate tabs from trim position to troll position and back

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Overall Customer Rating:

5 out of 5

Bthis

Location:aine

Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes

Smart Tabs

Date:August 13, 2009

Insatalled them on my 1989 Stingray Cuddy WHAT a Difference the boat topped out with better speed and handling was definately greatly improved. Why don't the manufactures just install these on the boat at the factory.

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Nauticus Smart Tabs™ - Self-Adjusting Trim Tabs
Model	Horse Power	Boat Length	Quantity	Price
SX9510-30BL	25hp-35hp	12'-15'		Regular Price: $134.99 Limited Stock
SX9510-40BL	40hp-80hp	14'-17'		Regular Price: $134.99 In Stock
SX9510-60BL	60hp-140hp	15'-19'		Regular Price: $134.99 Limited Stock
SX9510-80BL	140hp-225hp	16'-20'		Regular Price: $134.99 Limited Stock