Boating Magazine recently named the Chaparral 400 Premiere Sport Yacht the 2008 Boat of the Year in the December issue. Boating's "Boat of the Year" is chosen each year by the magazine's Tech Team based on performance, innovation, and value and is regarded as the most prestigious award in the marine industry.
Boating's Vice President, Editor-in-Chief Randy Steele commented, "No boat has exceeded our standards for breaking new ground like the Chaparral 400. The Wide-Tech Bow and use of exotic finish materials in the cabin's interior design also sets this cruiser apart from the others."
This is not the first award Chaparral has earned. J.D. Powers and Associates listed Chaparral boats as one of top three 2008 Best Boats in the Small Runabout Category.
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The Twin Trim Modulation System is a new product that will completely revolutionize the multi-engine boating experience. With a simple yet intuitive new interface, operators now have a degree of control that was previously impossible to achieve.
The core behind the Twin Trim system is a custom designed module that interfaces with the existing factory trim switches in the binnacle or thru a 4 way joystick. The module reroutes individual switch input from the operator to multiple engines or trim tabs in an elevator-aileron combination allowing a higher degree of control over pitch and roll.
Twin Trim can control multiple engines and sums there inputs into bow up/down, and roll left/right functions. These four basic motions can now be exploited to the fullest extent the hull design allows with a user friendly feel.
Gone are the days of looking over your shoulder at your hoods, or relying on inaccurate and slow trim gauges. No longer will you need to take your eyes off the water. You can now find the sweet spot in your hull and truly trim (balance) the boat with small variations around that area.
No more will you yell at the big guy to sit in the middle and stop wandering around the boat =)
Twin Trim dramatically reduces cornering distance and allows the operator an intuitive way to “hook up” the boat quickly.
With the addition of our joystick control, the system is made one level easier. Hull pitch and roll are directly proportional to the input of the 4 way joystick.
If you have 2 motors and 2 tabs with conventional controls there are 64 possible trim input configurations.
With Twin Trim you have 2 choices, TABS OR DRIVES, the correction you input will be attained in the fastest manner possible as you will always be trimming all of the surfaces in that group most efficiently. If you trim too far, the correction is immediate by reversing the input.
Level Rider llc.
Twin Trim Modulation System
twintrimusa.com
mailto:john@twintrimusa.com