Justbix1
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- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2024
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 25
Today I installed my lectrotab trim tabs on my 2024 AR250. The results are fantastic! I am not sure why these boats don’t come with them from the factory, the ability to control how high the bow rides really allows for these jet boats to be used in rough(er) seas.
backstory: I boat in the upper Chesapeake near Baltimore, the creeks are often calm, but the bay, let me tell you it’s extremely rough. In the afternoons on the weekends there are 3 foot white caps. This makes for a pretty rough ride with lots of pounding, in general not fun boating. The options are to slow down but the boat falls off plane near 25 mph, the bow raises and the boat pounds really hard. Next, option is to throttle down and drive the boat at 40mph. At this speed the boat rides flat with the V of the bow in the water and the ride smooths out, but 40 mph just feels rough on the boat with 3 footers.
Solution: trim tabs! I installed the 12x9 short ram, 28 foot cable, manual control head. Install was fairly simple, start to finish just shy of 6 hours. LectroTabs gave me a discount too. Total cost was right around $850.
With tabs down I can plane at 14mph. At 27, with the tabs slightly down people can ride in the bow in three foot seas. The tabs really transformed the boat. The are really a must have.
Build instructions coming soon!
backstory: I boat in the upper Chesapeake near Baltimore, the creeks are often calm, but the bay, let me tell you it’s extremely rough. In the afternoons on the weekends there are 3 foot white caps. This makes for a pretty rough ride with lots of pounding, in general not fun boating. The options are to slow down but the boat falls off plane near 25 mph, the bow raises and the boat pounds really hard. Next, option is to throttle down and drive the boat at 40mph. At this speed the boat rides flat with the V of the bow in the water and the ride smooths out, but 40 mph just feels rough on the boat with 3 footers.
Solution: trim tabs! I installed the 12x9 short ram, 28 foot cable, manual control head. Install was fairly simple, start to finish just shy of 6 hours. LectroTabs gave me a discount too. Total cost was right around $850.
With tabs down I can plane at 14mph. At 27, with the tabs slightly down people can ride in the bow in three foot seas. The tabs really transformed the boat. The are really a must have.
Build instructions coming soon!
