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Trim tabs — in case there’s a boater out there who hasn’t yet run across them — are flat, adjustable planes attached to the bottom of the boat at the stern that help the skipper to level the boat in ...

I just had to replace the trim tabs on Nomad after completely losing one when it broke off at the hinge. To help keep this from happening again, I decided to install safety/limiting cables on our tabs ...

Interceptors are not trim tabs. Yes, they are planes or foils installed on the transom of a boat that, when deployed, act to affect the trim of the boat in the fore and aft, and port and starboard ...

Leave “junk” home: Clean out the boat and don’t load it with unneeded weight. De-water: At 8.33 pounds a gallon, why top off the water tank when you’re going out for a single afternoon? Tune engine: ...

Clear Lake area boaters are in the same - please pardon the pun - boat as those around the country as they face record high fuel prices this summer. But the Boat Owners Association of The United ...

With boaters facing record high fuel prices this summer Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatU.S.) has a few tips that could help stretch their fuel dollars: 1. Leave the extra 'junk' ...