Its such a fine process like has been said get the exact strake and put in the exact location.

Can you add lifting strakes to a pontoon. As for the older models owners can opt to have them fitted and installed. Simply put strakes if well arranged will permit your boat to level out sooner then without them but thats about it on a pontoon boat. Overall I think adding strakes is a great idea and I think you will like the results but whoever welds them on needs to be an ace at pontoon welding.

Lifting strakes can be retrofitted to your pontoons but as mentioned earlier most new models will come equipped with them. I just installed a prop from Power Tech thats an off-shore 4-blade SS. Planing strakes are all about adding flat area to lift the boat.

Made with This is sometimes due to lack of knowledge and other times it is the fact that they want to make a sale. Some of you have read my responses to other fin threads where I talk about a local truck body company that does a lot of alumunum welding. I spoke to the owner of that company the other day about the cost of putting on lifting strakes.

The company probably figured at that 150 will move the boat up to its hull speed. Tracker had these NV logs that would plane a 2 log toon with a 90 hp outboard but they used 6 inch wide strakes on both sides of the pontoon. BTW you will likely have to re-prop after youre done.

Plus another advantage is the full aluminum underskin on the blue pontoon that is not on the other one. Under ideal conditions speeds can reach over 36 mph. Lifting strakes will improve your pontoons overall performance and handling thereby giving you greater control so yes they will be able to aid your pontoon in choppy waters.

All you have to do is install pontoon lifting strakes. My problem is that the best I can do before prop blowout occurs is about 4200 RPM. He mentioned they have added them in years past to boats not factory ordered with this option and performance was maybe a 1 mph.