Progress is being made on the "Half Cocked" 23' CC

[BA17]

Thanks guys,
I really like the trim tabs. They are easy and instant. I would recommend them for any size boat. The bracket is a twin Hermco bracket. Sits a little low in the rear, but I guess to be expected with the extra 4 stroke weight back there. The boat performs great with the 150's. No rocket ship, but gets 2+ MPG. Fished the stream and round trip 165 miles and burned 78 gallons. Cruising at 4200-4400 RPM and about 30 knots.
BA

[CaptCurt]

BA: what kind of trim tabs are they?

[BA17]

Those are the Volvo QL's. They come in a couple of different sizes.

[PackRat]

Great looking boat - some lines are just timeless. The average person would have a hard time believing that the boat is 31 yrs old (design even older).

Would be curious what your (or anybody else's) impressions of the QL performance are after some time on the boat in snotty weather. Say particularly in a head sea where you have to slow down, get the bow down and let'er eat. Or are you primarily doing this with engine trim and really only addressing roll angles with the QL's? From a efficiency/fuel burn standpoint, would be nice to do all the trim work with the tabs/ interceptors and leave the engine trim alone I would suspect.

I have worked the last 15 yrs in the ship / boat stabilization buisiness and have some experience with interceptors ( this is what the QL product is) . The performance of these will drop off at lower speeds where traditional trim tabs will keep providing lift at the same speed. Of course you can compensate with engine trim but inboards wouldn't have that option. Wider blades will help provide more lift at lower speeds but hull shape, chines, strakes, etc can limit how long they can be.

There are a lot of boat-specific variables that go into this but just curious what your low speed (say planing speed 16knts? up to 25 knots) impression of performance on your boat would be.

I have a 20sf rehab in process(SLOOOW PROCESS) and am planning on a bracket and the QL product could make things easy on the transom but don't want to give up the abilty to trim the boat at slower speeds.

Thanks

[BA17]

I think that they work well at all speeds. I'm sure that performace would be better at higher speeds, but I get all I need at low speeds. This past weekend is a good example. Fished a tournament and had to run 27 miles into a large swell (3-5') dead on. I set the speed at 20 knots and only used the QLs. Did not trim with the motors. I could have run faster but had a group of kids and we did not take a beating. The old seacraft came through.


33.6#, 4th place finish.
BA

[Old'sCool]

Nice fish BA!!

[BigLew]

I think that they work well at all speeds. I'm sure that performace would be better at higher speeds, but I get all I need at low speeds. This past weekend is a good example. Fished a tournament and had to run 27 miles into a large swell (3-5') dead on. I set the speed at 20 knots and only used the QLs. Did not trim with the motors. I could have run faster but had a group of kids and we did not take a beating. The old seacraft came through.



33.6#, 4th place finish.
BA

Looks like some serious teamwork happening there. Too bad for the fish. He should of brought some of his fish buddies and it might have been a fair fight!

Nice looking fish!

[shine]

Beautiful boat, great refurb.

Do you notice the change in trim from moving the live well forward? Do you have a rough idea how far above the waterline you sole is located?

[seacraftks]

great color for the hull she looks awsome keep the pics coming

[Rlbol]

Beautiful sea craft!
Can you post some pictures of the transom and how it is laid out inside?
Thanks