wrxhoon
Well-Known Member
Tipped, is it also for forward? I've been told it was for reverse. I need to take Shannon's advice and go farther up the harbor and play around.
Do the tabs make a big difference?
More playing with the boat is clearly needed, eh?
Lucky,
You trim up when reversing because if you are trimmed in the prop wash hits the bottom of the transom and the boat will move much slower and that's the last thing you want when you are about to hit the dock. Going forward it doesn't matter works trimmed in or out as long as the prop is in the water .
Our boats behave better in reverse than the older (pre 2012 I think) because our brackets are longer and they are pointy on the bottom, older brackets were shorter and flat underneath. You don't have that problem if the engine is hung on the transom, that is the one and only advantage the 226 has over 228 ( personal opinion).
As for the tabs you have to play around depending on the sea conditions when heading in to the sea especially on short standing up waves you may use tab down and or motor down. I avoid using tabs down( unless to even the boat) or trim in on following seas because that could bury the nose in to the next wave.