A nice 4-blade stern lifting pontoon prop could help.

Adding lifting strakes to pontoon. And because of the popularity of pontoon boats on Lake Norman Evan decided to add two 2010 Sweetwater 2386 pontoons boats to his fleet this past summer both rigged with Yamaha 115hp four-strokes. I asked my dealer about adding on lifting strakes to my 22 pontoon SLi. Question 2---does it matter if I install them only on the inner side or outer side of each of the 2 pontoons.

The only thing that improves pontoon boat speed is more power. He mentioned they have added them in years past to boats not factory ordered with this option and performance was maybe a 1 mph. Because lifting strakes give your boat some extra elevation they boost speeds by up to 25.

Lifting strakes lift your boat and reduce drag which can improve your speed by 15. The only difference in the nearly identical pontoon boats-one has TAP Fins and the other has lifting strakes. Fin System the water is channelled back down creating lift increasing control and performance.

This hybrid tri hull is about 800 less than the twin elliptical package with strakes and is a good compromise for price and performance. I had lifting strakes added to my pontoons and as Ive mentioned here a few times there are leaks that resulted from the welds that are behind the strakes. This video shows what happens from 5 to 35 mph on a 25 foot Tritoon.

I just installed a prop from Power Tech thats an off-shore 4-blade SS. This boat has the elipitical toons with lifting streaks and a 90hp 4strok. Input dimensions for Lift Strake Width and Strake location.

BTW you will likely have to re-prop after youre done. The use of Lifting Strakes in your hull design. As I consume fuel or passengers move forward performance suffers.