I finally got out on the water with the boat, and I must say I'm quite pleased with the results. If any of you were sitting on the fence about buying some of these tabs, "just do it". You will not regret it... :wink_thumbup:

I've got a SX19 4,3L MPI, should I go for the 80 or 60 tabs? Seems like 60s are the best fit...?

The 80# actuators are too strong for your boat. Go with the 60# ones.

The steel connectors did the trick. The boat planes much faster and doesn't porpoise. I spoke to John at Nautius for about 10 minutes. Here's what he told me

1. The steel tabs have slightly larger surface area and therefore they are better suited for boats larger than 22 feet.
2. Even though my Davanti is 21' 10" from bow to stern, the effective hull is really almost 18 inches less due to the integrated swim platorm at the end. Good point.
3. If I attach the tabs too close to the center, I will need to go with the steel ones, but if I can manage to get the tabs closer towards the edes, the SX tabs are very effective...

I'm having a great time with my new SX 80 lb tabs :)

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Morning Guys,

I have recently installed Smart tabs (#60) on my Mariah 182 bowrider with a Mercruiser 3.0 litre, she gets on the plane extremely quickly and rides perfectly while at low rpm or maximum. I installed the tabs soon after buying her last month which meant they were installed the first time l took her on the water, so l have no comparrison from before and after, all l can say is, my boat rides and handles very, very well, the tabs certailnly appear to "do as they say on tin". There is no bow wander and both my 6 year old daughter and 9 year old son can steer the boat without problem.

I will post some pictures of the installation later on next week.

Cheers,

Gary

Another happy customer! :)

Okay one more question: SS or composite?

On a 19' boat i would suggest the composite SX units. There's no advantage to the SS units at that size as per vkrishan's post.

Very glad to hear that you finally got out onto the water Gary. Also glad that you
had a great day. Did you go to that island with all of those Wallabies?? I checked it out and couldnt believe it. Looks like a beautiful spot too, but bet the water is freezing.
Please post some photos as soon as you can.
Cheers
Tony

HI Tony,

Yes l was out on Loch Lomond four times last month, the boat is simply amazing, l had a load of photos with me and went to down load them yesterday, l am not sure what l have done but the card seems to be corrupted, I hope the IT guy on board can retrieve the photos are there were some crackers including quite a few on me installing the Smart Tabs, the boat rides amazingly well, l initially had the tabs set on the number three mark but flattened them out to the number two position, she gets up on the plane very quickly, l will try the old skis next month when l get home, l will see how to add the few photos l have at the moment and will try to get the others of the card. my wee daughter managed to see a couple of Wallabies on the island, it really does not get any better.

Speak to you soon,

Gary