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Default Cavitation plates (foils vs. whale tail) along with tabs.

I've read thru past posts, and searched the web. The world seems divided into
two camps

"trim tabs are a better choice"
"whale tails/foils are cheaper and do more for hole shot"

After reading, it seems there's two types of cavetation plate 'add ons' -- foils
that hydrodynamically lift the stern, and "whale tail" types that use prop wash.

My boat has trim tabs, but am looking for better hole shot, I've played around
with props already. before I make holes in my cavetation plate I wanted to know
if one or the other types of tails are worthwhile and if anyone can sum up
pros/cons between the two.

Lastly - will they really help more than the tabs did for hole shot? The boat
is a 92 22' cuddy cabin runabout with a single 350ci engine.

 
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