26 Leisure Boating December 2017
I
t was a few months ago when Mercury brought their new Active Trim innovation into
South Africa and my charter boat Wizard, was one of the first to be fitted with the unit.
The Mercury Active Trim comes in single or dual engine operation and can be used on
any boat which is powered by Mercury F40 > 400 Outboard or Mercruiser Sterndrive
engine. Basically, the Active Trim reads and talks to the engines, as well as other instruments
in the boat such as the GPS. The Active Trim has five basic programmes and I find these work
well straight out of the box on the factory settings. Each setting can be fine-tuned to the
skipper’s personal preference.Words by Rob Naysmith - owner of Offshore Sportfishing Charters
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ACTIVE TRIM