Go out on a calm day, start with the tabs all the way up, to take them out of the equation..... The get up on plane and go to about 3500 rpm... that is where most people tend to cruise... then slowly trim the boat up, see how it re-acts, the the tabs up and out of play, you should find the balance point, where the bow will bounce with the least little ripple.... Once you find that point, trim back down a little, and that is likely where you want the drive when you out and about...
Then put the trim tabs back into play, and use them as your supposed to, to control the attitude of the boat for the given conditions....
Tabs and trim on the drives are for different things, most people don't know how to use them in conjunction with each other... so the best thing is to find where you want the drive, and leave it there, and use the tabs to adjust the boat from then on out.....
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