Hydrofoil Boat Stabilizer - Skeg-Mounted Shield for Motors with Marine Grade Mounting Bracket - Available in 4 Options - Improve Performance, Shield Your Propeller, Protect Marine Life

I have a 16' boat with 50hp four stroke. With two people a touch heaver nature, the boat had trouble planning out. My brother would have to move to the bow before it would plane out. I installed the Hydro Sheild fairly easily. I used a framing square and 12" ruler to more accurately measure the correct placement. Once mounted we took the boat out and much to my surprise, the boat planed out quicker with both my brother and I than it does that when I'm by myself. Works awesome, I would recommend this to anyone. As for running the boat slower while remaining planed out or fuel saving, I don't know about that. I haven't had e chance to evaluate that yet. Great product!

Not only is this a great product, but the owner of the company Dale is extremely helpful. The instructions that come with the product are good but I wanted to be 100% sure I was installing correctly before drilling my stag. Dale was kind enough to take my call and FaceTime me to confirm I was installing correctly. This is above and beyond what most companies over. For people complaining about the value, I think it is well worth the price. The amount of fuel you will save over time will greatly offset your cost of the product. Keep it up Dale and Hydroshield. I would recommend this to anyone with a boat

Great boat getting up of the water

This was an easy enough install and helped my deckboat with an alpha one throw a better wake for surfing, however, I bumped it into the shore once and now the mounting brackets are bent so that its leaning to the right and it caused the tip of the skeg to snap off where the hole was drilled. The plastic is also very rough now as if someone has taken sand paper to it. It has also robbed about 5mph of top speed from the boat. I need to get new brackets since mine are bent and I dont know what to do about the rough texture of the plastic. Ill probably end up going with a traditional whale tale and stainless skeg protector from here.

Nice product!

I must say that I find myself rating only the best or the worst products everything else is just kind of expected when you’re ordering from Amazon. But this product deserves a positive review!First of all I have never had such superior customer service from any company. Dale (I think he may be the owner and/or maybe the inventor or, at minimum, a A++ vested employee) was literally on the phone with me at 7pm on a random Thursday night answering my questions and texting with me so he could review photos of the placement of my install. In a world that begs not to be bothered with trivial questions about products or any extra help after the initial purchase, Dale was a breath of fresh air. He knew exactly what I was asking, exactly how to help and then he even followed up to make sure I was good with everything! 😲😲🤯So all of that and I haven’t even gotten to how awesome the product is! So I was a little skeptical going in. After all there is a few bad reviews about this thing. I purchased it because I live on a river that has some fluctuations in water level. It’s not bad but it is enough that I have had to replace more than my fare share of props over the last 5 years. I’m not blowing them up daily, but after buying my 4th prop for the boat in 5 years I felt like I should at least look at my options.After having this on my boat for only a week (and probably 16 hours of run time) I can say without a doubt that is working. Obviously the prop is still pristine but that is just the half of it. My boat also has a noticeably faster hole shot, I gained 2-3 mph on my wot without any issues in rpm or cavitation.I can only say good things about this product. If that changes I will repost but for now know that I am thoroughly impressed by this product and the company.And no I was not paid or given this product for this review.Boat info:1998 Rinker Captiva 232 powered by a 7.4l Mercruiser Thunderbolt with a Bravo 1 outdrive running a 14.5 17p 4 blade prop.

I have a 2024 tidewater 2110 Baymax with a Yamaha 150 and had a heck of a time maneuvering it at low rpm. Docking and trailering was a real pain. I have the newer hydraulic steering and hated it! Not as responsive as a cable and you have to spin it like a top to get a reaction. My boat has a flatter bottom since it’s a bay boat (10 inch draft) so it’s just slow to react. I saw this advertised as quicker on plain and better handling so I gave it a shot and I can’t believe how it changed my boat. It steers better, comes on plane better and I can’t believe the difference. Kinda went from riding on ice with slicks to snow tires with chains. The boat rides a bit higher than before at any RPM giving a smoother ride. Great product.

Countersunk bolt- heads is better.