I usually lift my boat out of the water in August to re-paint the anti-fouling, have the leg serviced and do any underwater jobs that can only be done on dry land. This year I decided to install trim tabs and after a lot of research, decided on Bennett trim tabs from PH Marine. There is a lot of advice on-line so I was confident I could do the job myself. I had to wait until lift-out until I could measure the transom exactly, and it was just as well I did that before ordering because the top of the actuator where the standard hydraulics runs through is exactly at deck level. Fortunately you can have external hydraulics which is what I ordered. The installation was very straightforward, although the worst bit was, as usual, pulling the boat apart to run the cables through. Eventually all was done: trim tabs installed, connected up, system bled, controls calibrated and all the anti-fouling done. I am looking forward to a test run!
