Boating Basics - 4 - Trimming

[@ahox0060]

I just got my first boat in Minnesota, US and struggled with trim my first few hours on the water. This is really helpful thanks!

[@Bernievids]

Top video mate. Thanks. I knew it already but needed to hear someone with common sense, describe and show it, for reassurance. I will continue to bring the trim in for faster turns.

[@MultiWhoswho]

Ok great video right up to the very last seconds. Did you run aground? If so you should have trimmed up to keep your lower out of the rocks and mud. But who am I? Your the professional. 😂

[@MichaelLewisMusic]

Wow, really nice, simple demonstration, thanks!

[@northerniltree]

Because of the corealis effect, does your prop spin clockwise or anti-clockwise in the Land Down Under?

[@jeansandmyshirt]

hi, i have a SIB, 84lbs 3m inflatable with air floor. 6hp 4stroke, trim pin at 1st position by transom. i just can't get it to go faster than 8mph, can't plane. total weight of passengers+cargo+engine 390lbs do i need a bigger engine? or ride with 1 passenger only. with one passenger it would weigh, 295lbs

[@TheBorgCollective]

Bit harder to do when you have to manually change the motor position ;)

[@ltrbuhq]

I would like to see a video about how to navigate rough water, I cannot find a good one.. Here in MT micro burst form suddenly and chances are good if you fish a lot that you will get caught in one, that being said, a lot of situations I wonder about and what the physics are to keep from getting swamped, IE going into waves, down waves, across waves. I have heard some old timers say, when in doubt, trim out...ECT

[@techguru101a]

Use a bigger boat! I like Boston Whalers.

[@viewtx8233]

I've owned a boat for about 12 years total and my experience is to not hit the waves head on, but at a slight angle. Left or right angle doesn't matter and I've had to zig zag to get where I'm going. Not too much of an angle though. Just enough to allow the other side of the wave to help slide you down the other side instead of slamming down on the other side of the wave which is what happens if you head directly into them and if they are big enough.

[@gibbson4ever]

Thanks for posting that video. I was trying to explain it you made it simple.

[@DualsPortvet]

Great video. I'll be interviewing for a job soon and I have to show I can operate a boat (24ft). I've operated a few but it was yrs ago and I never had to think about the trim. So if I get this right, to take off you have NO trim and as it plans out you ad trim to it?

[@officialWWM]

Duals Portvet did you get the job?

[@briantester3306]

Excellent video...very informative and professional! BT

[@barneybetelgeuse6273]

Well explained 👍

[@steveletch7753]

Gday i am a newbie to boating and would like to know the do's and donts i have launched and retrieved once had heaps of probs i own a 4.5mtr 1969 Caribbean cobra with a 80 hp blueband about 1980 any help would be appreciated Thanks Steve

[@chrisbullen4317]

Why no mention of planing angle?? True wetted surface is a factor but not at the expense of too high a planing angle which is the angle from the planing surface of the hull (I assume the flattest parts) to the horizontal. If my memory serves me, 5-6 degrees. This is what trimming is about to get the planing surfaces at this angle. Shifting ballast (passengers fuel etc) is the most efficient way to do this. Trimming the outboard or using trim tabs is not.

[@MorhaMaek]

Beautiful boat, what make and model?

[@7046463]

good job mate. well explain. cheers

[@dnomyarnostaw]

Nice explanation, but excellent visual work.

[@bradnelson1196]

Thanks for the instructions!

[@gibbson4ever]

I'm going have my boy watch them I recon.

[@bbobby09]

very good video. Thank you!

[@73orangething]

trim up trim down , trim in trim out wtf