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Old 01-07-2014, 02:03 PM
cdavisdb cdavisdb is offline
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Other things being equal, wider is better. You get more downward thrust(more tab response) with less actual down movement of the tab, therefore less drag. To me, wider tabs also seem more stable.

Wide is hard to do on a VDH hull. You can custom build a wide tab with a step to match the hull, like BlueHeron and Seacraft25. One day I'll get to that.
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