300 Hydrofoil

Before I have this, I can still get on plane pretty easy with just me and the boat but then I bought this thing and let me tell you you get on plane really fast. Definitely worth the money.

Installed on a Mercruiser 5.0 with alpha 1 gen 2 outdrive to solve slow planing. The boat is a 20' Monterey Montura. Plenty of power, but the boat loaded just has a stern heavy situation. I don't allow the kids up front when the boat is on plane and the water is choppy so to the big couch in the back they go, hence the always stern heavy. Boat would plane out nice at 18-20 mph but that's a tad fast for kids learning to knee board etc. With the SE300 it made all the difference in the world. Now it has very little now lift and full plane is achieved at 14-15 MPH. Much more comfortable for everyone in the boat, and I can safely see over the bow while seated. Install is straight forward, follow instructions and center the foil and mark your holes carefully before you drill. I also chamfered the holes once drilled to relieve any chips or micro cracks from drilling. Then treat the holes with self etching primer and small paint brush. I used large area stainless steel washers (not supplied) on the bottom where the hardware contacted the cav plate. This spreads the load of the screw over a larger area and will prevent cracks or damage to the cav plate.

This review is intended to add some insight for installing this product on the above mentioned MerCusier outdrive. Overall, the instructions were ok, but this mercrusier outdrive was not covered very well. Here is what was missing for my install. Drilling the "rear, away from the boat" holes was covered & they mentioned that some units needed the "closer to the boat" holes drilled from the bottom of the cavitation plate. This is what my boat required, but to get my drill in the proper position, I had to remove the prop. Which was not covered. Once the prop was out of the way, the drilling went as explained. The "Drilling Template" was a nice tool & the distance markings were a very helpful. When putting the hydrofoil on the cavitation plate, the rubber washers, skinny & fat, were covered ok as to their position, but putting them between the hydrofoil & the cavitation plate was missing. And the "fat" rubber washers just slid off the screws, so getting the screws, washers, holes, underside washers & nylon locknut was a little challenging. The "skinny" washers fit the screws snugly & would stay in place when putting the hydrofoil in place, so that helped. Had the "fat" washers been sized the same would have made this part of the install much easier. Lastly, I would have liked the instructions to cover how "Tight" to tighten the screws holding this together. I used a 1/4" drive 7/16th socket with standard #2 phillips screwdriver. The rear screws went ok, but because of the layout of the outdrive, the "closer to the boat" screws had an issue with the screwdriver not being able to lineup straight with the phillips head. I tightened them down & did not strip the phillips heads , but this was a challenge. Possibly an "Allen Head" screw, with the "right angle" allen head wrench, may have been a better choice for this hardware. This install took me about 2 hours to complete, mostly because I had to go back to the garage to get different tools to work my way thru this install. If I had known about my issues were in advance, I think I could have completed this in about half that time. This review is not meant to "BASH" this item. It looks great on my boat & I can't wait to test it out next weekend. So hopefully this review will help someone in the future. HAPPY BOATING...

Installed on a 2005 Glastron GX205 w/ 5.0 270HP engine. Taking it out tomorrow so I will see if I notice any changes in operation and holeshot and will update here. Hoping it eliminates or greatly improves the big “squat” when launching from a stop. Pros: 1) Template to mark holes for drilling was perfect. 2) Has a nice look to it. I need to repaint my outboard now! Cons: 1) had to go buy longer stainless steel hardware as the included screws I could barely get on thread rotation on the nuts without using the rubber washers. I purchased actual stainless bolts (not Phillips screws as you can’t get that “umph” to tighten). I also purchased stainless metal washers to go on the bottom of the rubber washers and stainless lock washers. I am NOW confident this is sturdy and not going anywhere. Just need to use my cutoff wheel to trim the excess on the bolts. 2) part is plastic, I didn’t even think about what it was made out of. Idk how long it will last out here in AZ as plastic gets brittle with excessive heat so I’m already questioning the longevity of it but for $75 or whatever it was we shall see!

Worth every single penny. We put this on our Yamaha 150, and what a difference. Our boat gets on plane and stays on plane with much less effort. Not only do we get out of the hole faster, but we can now cruise at a lower speed and the boat stays on plane. The first time we took our boat out with this, we were like "why didn't we install this sooner!". We have huge boats on our lake that plow, as well as a lot of wake boats, and it seems like our 21' boat takes the waves much easier as well. More stability overall.

Installation of this hydrofoil took all about 20 minutes (and I was taking my time to do it well). The hardware is high quality stainless steel and it fit and looks close to OEM gray on Yamaha outboards. I converted my console boat to a tiller steer so I needed something that would lift the aft out of the water a bit and get on plane quickly. I run a Yamaha T50 on a 1654 Bass Tracker Hull and this thing paired with a 13 pitch 3 blade stainless prop can have me on plane in less than 5 seconds.

Night and day difference, my boat is heavy with a deep V hull. This foil woke it right up, major difference in time to plane, and some handling improvement. These are going on any of my future boats as well.

Easy to install, good quality

Excelente producto, entrega puntual y muy buen precio, gracias

Good product well done

Mein Boot kommt erheblich früher ins gleiten und ich spare dadurch viel Sprit

I had to remove my propeller in order to install this but it took no time. Note that it comes with two different lengths screws, the long ones for the outside and short for the inside. The hardest part is not having the rubber washers fall as you install it. Using supplied hardware and drill guide made it simple to install. I used a punch to mark the hole locations using supplied template that has markings on it to help you center it. I drilled a pilot hole first and double checked the fit. When it looked fine, I drilled it out further and from there install it was just a bit of a struggle not having the rubber washers slip out of the hardware when you go to place it in place. For sure, getting the boat out of the water faster and I also noticed higher speed so I was able to reduce the RPM. Also seems more stable on the water with less proposing.

Funziona alla grande montata su SUZUKI 40/60 ARI. Ho guadagnato velocità, meno consumi perché riesco a tenere la planata a un minor numero di giri e a prua bassa, trim super preciso con eliminazione di delfinamento. Planata dimezzata, diminuisce la gavitazione. Dal mio punto di vista io la consiglio a tutti, l'unico punto negativo è che bisogna forare la piastra di gavitazione per inbullonarla. Non volendo forare la piastra di gavitazione, si può montare una piastra adattatrice dedicata a questo modello. Che è più sicura del modello Sea sport 400. Perché la piastra specifica per Sea sport 200 e 300 ha una linguetta di fermo di sicurezza per non perderla se si allentano i bulloni, in più c'è la pinna zinco inbullonata sotto la pinna antigavitazione che ne impedisce la perdita. Ordine arrivato dall' Olanda in tre giorni. Per maggiori informazioni consiglio di vedere i tutorial su YouTube.