Some of the later Sceptre's with the seat boxes built by SeaCraft Industries in Tampa tend to be a bit bow heavy, so they might be able to get buy w/o tabs. But if you have a CC or a Potter vintage Sceptre, I'd say you'll definitely want tabs. My question why would you NOT want tabs?! If it's because you don't want to cut into bracket, contact Bennett - they have a couple different types of shorter than standard actuators that may eliminate need to notch the bracket.
Some folks say you don't need tabs on a 20. These are people that have never run a 20 WITH tabs! They made my boat think it was about 3' longer when I got into the 2' square waves on the Little Bahama Bank! They allow me to slow down to 12-14 mph and run thru seas up to 3' very comfortably while sitting down 8' forward of the transom! Although I primarily use engine trim to control running angle (seems to have more effect since I went from a 20" motor on transom to a 25" motor on bracket), any deep V will tend to lean into the wind when you're running in a chop with very much wind. (Reason for this is that the wind blows you off course, so when you crank in some helm to correct, the boat heels over into the turn as it normally does.) I use the tabs to roll the hull AWAY from the wind, which increases the hull deadrise relative to the waves. Just a few degrees makes a noticeable improvement in ride!
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