Kelleyja
Jet Boat Addict
- Messages
- 33
- Reaction score
- 53
- Points
- 87
- Location
- Clearwater, FL
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2022
- Boat Model
- FSH Sport
- Boat Length
- 25
Had a couple people ask about this so I’m documenting my trim tab (interceptors) project.
Problem I’m trying to solve:
Rough Water Handling: I boat primarily in Tampa Bay and 30-40 miles out in the Gulf. When traveling at speed in rough water, the boat runs bow high, and lands on the flatter aft part of the stern, with a bang.
Porpoising: On calm days, when I’m solo and have no weight in the bow. The hull bounces up and down which is more of an annoyance than anything else.
Listing and Roll: The helm is on the port side and so is the larger livewell. That combined with my fat ass caused a sight list to port and the issue of the hull wanting to pull to one side.
The 255 FSH has limited space on the transom for traditional trim tabs. Lectrotab has a good option. For me I wanted something with auto control and fast response to deal with the roll issue so I decided on the Zipwake 300s
All the Zipwake kits come with an automatic gyro controller that measures pitch, roll and speed. The interceptors read these measurements then dynamically work to cancel out the roll and pitch. The amount of correction is configurable, and has NMEA connectivity which is a nice to have. The control panel lets me keep the bow down in rough seas and use the sharper angle of the bow to plow through the waves rather than launch over them
The Zipwake kit comes with all wiring and hardware, which was nice, no unplanned trips to the hardware store. This includes some excellent drilling templates, with tabbing that helps with perfect placement (shown in pic below)
Only thing you need here is some drill bits and a hole saw. The actual mounting of the interceptors is very straightforward, I spent most of the time measuring.
Problem I’m trying to solve:
Rough Water Handling: I boat primarily in Tampa Bay and 30-40 miles out in the Gulf. When traveling at speed in rough water, the boat runs bow high, and lands on the flatter aft part of the stern, with a bang.
Porpoising: On calm days, when I’m solo and have no weight in the bow. The hull bounces up and down which is more of an annoyance than anything else.
Listing and Roll: The helm is on the port side and so is the larger livewell. That combined with my fat ass caused a sight list to port and the issue of the hull wanting to pull to one side.
The 255 FSH has limited space on the transom for traditional trim tabs. Lectrotab has a good option. For me I wanted something with auto control and fast response to deal with the roll issue so I decided on the Zipwake 300s
All the Zipwake kits come with an automatic gyro controller that measures pitch, roll and speed. The interceptors read these measurements then dynamically work to cancel out the roll and pitch. The amount of correction is configurable, and has NMEA connectivity which is a nice to have. The control panel lets me keep the bow down in rough seas and use the sharper angle of the bow to plow through the waves rather than launch over them
The Zipwake kit comes with all wiring and hardware, which was nice, no unplanned trips to the hardware store. This includes some excellent drilling templates, with tabbing that helps with perfect placement (shown in pic below)
Only thing you need here is some drill bits and a hole saw. The actual mounting of the interceptors is very straightforward, I spent most of the time measuring.