With motorboat combo you should benefit from strakes in theory.

Can you add lifting strakes to a pontoon. He installs them for several local boat dealers mostly for the big player at the Raystown. Bennington 22sslx underdeck wave shield on the waterWe ran the boat from 0-30 mph. Some manufacturers offer pontoons with pre-fitted lifting strakes.

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. Since he is one of the highest volume Bennington dealers in Texas I took his word. Lifting strakes lift your boat and reduce drag which can improve your speed by 15.

After discussions with motor dealer and talking with Bentley reps the prop I have on it now is a 157515 pitch SS prop. Under ideal conditions speeds can reach over 36 mph. I asked my dealer about adding on lifting strakes to my 22 pontoon SLi.

I spoke to the owner of that company the other day about the cost of putting on lifting strakes. What do lifting strakes do on a boat. No use adding any more power as it wont do any good.

Its such a fine process like has been said get the exact strake and put in the exact location. BTW you will likely have to re-prop after youre done. I have a 2010 24 Bentley Encore pontoon that I recently repowered with a Merc 150 4 stroke.

Hello all Jason from Louisiana. It is important to bear in mind though that the angle at which the strakes are fitted will impact how efficiently they can support your boat in these conditions. 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.