Re: What can I do to help smooth the ride in choppy water?
Given the design of your boat you should slow down in a chop, but this may be a problem in trying to keep the boat on plane. Smart Tabs will smooth the ride by keeping the bow from rising and then slapping down. Because it is an active system (constantly adjusting to the water conditions, speed, and boat attitude the act like a suspension system on a car. They are not like other Trim Tabs in this respect. However, one reply said that some boats are not good in rough water and that is true. The Tabs will do a great deal in smoothing things out, but they would likely do even better on a rough water boat. You can not change the boat desing, just help it be the best it can. Your boat is designed for fresh water inland lakes.