Ah, very interesting.

I'm beginning to experiment with more of the top end on my boat and have
discovered something that I wouldn't mind hearing a bit about (if you don't
mind me muscling in on your thread).

Running at about 20-28 knots my trim tabs do a fine job of keeping my bow
down to where I want it. At these speeds the trick seems to be to keep the
bow down. The port side wants to be especially high, I assume from engine
torque.

But once now I've opened it out and the bow has flattened right down on its
own, with no high side. I tried to lift it with the tabs and had the tabs
all the way backed off but the bow was still quite low.

I ran out of room (and courage) before I got to play with the drive trim.

I've played with the drive trim in the marina to see what it does (drives go
up, drives go down, drives go up, drives ... etc.) and I've read the manual
so here's what I figu

Once I get past the part where the tabs help keep it down, I can back off
the tabs and start to use the drive trim to get the bow up.

Does this sound about right?

Also, will I be able to level the bow (if one side wants to stay low) with
the drive trim?

I guess I'm asking, will the drive trim behave "sort of" like my trim tabs?

Boats are *so* not cars.