Anybody Here tried TAP Fins?

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BobG · #1 Post by **BobG** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:50 pm

This looks like possibly a better, and cheaper solution than Lifting Strakes. Maybe?

http://www.conradmarine.com/

margaritaman · #2 Post by **margaritaman** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:52 pm

Not in this forum!

WILD MAN · #3 Post by **WILD MAN** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:56 pm

May God forgive you, for you have summoned a great evil.

Woody · #4 Post by **Woody** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:26 pm

WILD MAN wrote:May God forgive you, for you have summoned a great evil.

dockholiday · #5 Post by **dockholiday** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:27 pm

Time to play taps again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xrlf3taEo

rip
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Texoma Toon · #6 Post by **Texoma Toon** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:39 pm

BobG wrote:This looks like possibly a better, and cheaper solution than Lifting Strakes. Maybe?

http://www.conradmarine.com/

Bob,
While Tap Finns have never lived up to the hype of their inventor, Malcolm Shomn, they may be cheaper than Lifting Stakes. There are many reasons to NOT install Tap Finns the bigesst of which is Malcolm and his overhyping sales tactics. PBD Rag did a comparison, finally, http://www.pontoon.net/boat-news/displa ... tartRow=21 that showed maybe a 5% increase in speed with a two toon 24ft with a 115. that is 1.5 mph better with TF? TF's is a sponser of PDB Magazine btw so you may want to take that into consideration. Also you need to check your warrenty to see if welding anything to your toons will void it.

BobG · #7 Post by **BobG** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:55 pm

OIC!!! So it's marketing hype perpetuated by the theoretically unbiased magazine (which gets advertising money from the hypster), made to look like "scientific" research.

On the other hand, I don't have lifting strakes, so I'm basically running three 24' displacement hulls through the water by brute force, as I don't have a "plane" to "get up on"...

It's interesting that they say you can put those things on your toons with JB Weld. That would be a lot of freaking epoxy!

Ron Burgundy · #8 Post by **Ron Burgundy** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:10 pm

Irregardless of the "inventor" of TAP fins, the fact that they will almost certainly void your warranty is a no go for me.

#9 Post by **HandymanHerb** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:50 pm

All I know is FusionKing a long time member and great welder got a set and was finely going to get us before and after numbers, then he was never heard from again, the numbers must not have went their way and they took him out.

GregF · #10 Post by **GregF** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:01 pm

Ed will be happy to know, I don't have an opinion on tap fins, no matter what kind of metal they are made of

#11 Post by **HandymanHerb** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:29 pm

GregF wrote:Ed will be happy to know, I don't have an opinion on tap fins, no matter what kind of metal they are made of

I think their SS

GregF · #12 Post by **GregF** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:34 pm

Troublemaker

BigDaddy · #13 Post by **BigDaddy** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:30 pm

Troublemaker

Texoma Toon · #14 Post by **Texoma Toon** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:44 pm

At least half the members of the other forum are goofy's alter egos.

curtiscapk · #15 Post by **curtiscapk** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:45 pm

Oh hell bob what have u done

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