SX Smart Tabs Trim Tabs for Boat Length 12' - 16' FT and 40-80 HP - Nauticus

Great price, easy installing, AWESOME reviews made a "no problem" purchase. I installed it on my 15' Alumaweld Jon boat with Mercury "Classic 50". It's been off the water for over a year, put it in Mo. River 2 weeks ago and it flew up and down river with ease!!!

I purchased a used 2010 Bass Tracker Pro 170 TX and had a problem with the bow riding high at slow speeds, even with a passenger in the front seat. Trimming the motor had no effect. I installed Trim Tabs after comparing them to hydrofoils. Problem solved, even with no passenger in the front! I also have more control when making tight turns at full throttle. I highly recommend this product. They are economical and easy to install, took me about an hour.

Installed on 14 ft flats boat with 40 Evinrude. Boat is light and had serious porpoising problem. Installed Smart Tabs, cleared up porpoising and got an added bonus of stability and a positive feel during sharp turns. Great product!

Install was easy and made a world of difference on my 15' Monark with 70 hp outboard. Tabs corrected time to plane, pourposing, chiming etc. Super smooth ride now. Wife feels much more comfortable in boat now.

Put these on my 14' Edgewater because the boat ran too bow high and after planing off would fall off plane at too low a speed. Now the boat handles better at low speed and the boat gets on plane at 300-400 rpm lower and can stay there. No more mushing take offs with the bow pointing to the sky. Love them!!

I put them on our 94 boston whaler rage 14, what a difference, the boat plans out in half the time and it keeps the bow from bouncing all the time! The bow still bounces a little in a chop but basically is eliminated in smooth water where as before it was very bouncy .

I added these to my 1998 alumacraft tournement pro 175 with a 75hp tiller and I am very happy with the results. My motivation was to get on plane faster with less trimming needed on the motor. Prior to adding the tabs the bow would rise on takeoff to the point that you could not see over the bow even with the motor fully trimmed. Now the boat is able to plane without too much bow rise even with the motor trimmed out. With the motor fully trimmed in there is absolutely no bow rise and the boat planes twice as fast as before. It feels like you have 30 more HP for the first 5 seconds. Other benefits are the boat is able to plane down to 16 mph now and I am able to cruise comfortably at 20 mph when searching for fish. Top speed went from 34 to 33 mph, but effective cruising speed at 2/3 throttle went from 26 to 28 mph. I have not tried adjusting the shock position. I also purchase one size smaller than recommended on the advice of other fishermen and glad I did. No real downsides.

These tabs do exactly what they are advertised to do. On my boat there is absolutely no bow rise and am on a plane immediately. The problem I was having is since my boat had the maximum horspower allowed (75 HP) it would lean to the left from the torque. I was able to correct that by adjusting the maximum amount of pressure on the left tab and the minimum amount on the right tab. A very inexpensive way to solve my Problem.

The tabs installed in about 25 minutes for me. Put up some masking tape, drilled holes, put in the silicone and screwed everything in. Couldn't have been any simpler. I put them on my Byliner 175 which does not have a flat transom. But a quick call to Nauticus and they shipped me some special brackets to use instead of the included ones, free of charge. Great service! Lastly, it rides much smoother and gets out of the hole must faster as well. Worth the money.

got these to put on my 18ft. jon boat with a 40 horse motor. emailed Nauticus to make sure which size to get and they emailed back in hour. so i ordered these and they work great picked up about 4 mph planes alot faster rides seems to be smoother to.

I have a 16' Alumaweld Express 16' aluminum style bass boat. I converted my outboard to a jet drive to steelhead fish on our local river. After that, I could not get up on step fast enough to even take it near the river. My local jet boat guy gave me several options including float pods, a bigger 2 stroke instead of the 4 stroke I have (added low end torque) and so on, but the cheapest option was at least $1300. After the trim tabs, everything has improved dramatically. The boat gets up on step in a hurry, the tracking is awesome, no porpoising or chiming ever. When I was researching these another user made the comment that all boats should come with these, I have to agree to an extent. I put myself in a pickle and Nauticus got me out for a low price in comparison to my other options. Thank you!

they are awesome i had changed my prop pitch i will have to go back to my old one because i am turning to much now with the smart tabs

Best money I have spent on this boat. It's a 17' Sailfish (polar type, square front) with an 8' beam, 60hp Evinrude. With the Smart Tabs, this baby jumps out of the water, and is great on top end. I think I can almost walk as fast as this boat will stay on plane in slow speed. Great product, highly recommended!

G-3 1652SC Jon Boat, 50HP 2 Cycle Yamaha Outboard with Power Trim I don’t ever see reviews of the Smart Tab SX’s on an aluminum jon boat so here goes. My son and I just purchased this boat and it was so bad at porpoising and bouncing that you could barely ride in it unless you only traveled at half throttle. It didn’t seem to matter how the motor was trimmed as it only changed the problem instead of fixing it. An email to G3 and they only referred me to my local dealer. Both friends and the local boat dealer suggested either a whale tail on the motor or installing wedges under the motor mount to get more trim. Neither of these options appealed to me and then I read about these Smart Tab SX’s. Installation only took about a half hour and off to the river we went to try them out. Right off the trailer and a little throttle for the turn around to go and pick up my son I immediately noticed a big difference. The boat leveled off almost right away without even letting off the throttle. I picked up my son (I am well over 300 lbs. and my son is tipping the scale a little over 200 lbs.) and we both sat in the rear seat. We took off at full throttle and the boat immediately leveled off with no porpoising or bouncing, just a little chatter when we hit waves from other boats. I now turned over the helm to my son and he put the boat through its paces. I sat on the bow and it didn’t seem to make much difference as the boat leveled off only slightly faster. Back to the rear seat (more comfortable) and my son pushed the throttle forward and done a series of U-turns. Before the Smart Tab’s the propeller would come out of the water, now it continuously makes contact with little or no loss of power. I also checked the speed using a GPS and maybe one MPH increase in speed but I really wasn’t expecting any significant increase on a boat and motor this size. All I have to say is WOW. What a difference Smart Tab SX’s have made. They accomplished everything I was hoping for and more. I would suggest to everyone to install these on your boat and find out what you’ve been missing. (I am also going to suggest to my local dealer to start selling these and forget the whale tails)

I will never own another boat without these installed before I pick it up. Installation was easy, but I was nervous about drilling holes below the water line. They sealed well and don't leak at all. The boat almost jumps out of the water on plane now and it improved the steering tremendously. It took a little getting used to but now I love it. Buy these. You won't be sorry.