In order to take the buoyancy off of the pontoons you need to be in approximately 4 ½ - 5 feet water.

Do pontoon lifting strakes work. This is the captain. As a result you get a better performance overall as well as a smoother ride. These strakes work to raise the pontoon over the water rather than facing each single wave head-on.

Strakes really work so much better with 115 hp or more and yes 2 toond boats with strakes are faster in a straight line. I am considering adding lifting strakes. Welding Strakes on Pontoons the issue is the strakes are covering up the leaking pin holes so soap and water will not work to find the leak.

These strakes work by creating lift at the bow of the boat and displacing water to help increase the overall speed and ensure a much smoother ride. Question 2---does it matter if I install them only on the inner side or outer side of each of the 2 pontoons. We have the exact same options and configurations between these boats that are nearly identical explained Evan when he first contacted PDB magazine.

Question 1---will 6 strakes make more of a difference than 4 strakes will. Side View of Full Length of TAP. Were having a little problem with our docking sequence so we may experience some slight turbulence and then.

Since a Sun Tracker Party Barge 21 footer with lifting strakes and which weighs several hundred lbs less than the Suncruiser and has pontoons with perhaps 740 lbs less buoyancy will stay on plane with difficulty using a 60hp 4-stroke I am wondering if my Suncruiser will lift and plane with the 70hp and stay on plane using lifting strakes of the same gauge and ends but the correct length for. Well they WILL get up on plane but need more power to get there. Sea-Legs will lift the deck of your pontoon six 6 feet measured from the bottom of the pontoon deck to the lake or river bottom.

To have your pontoons fully out of the water a depth of 4 feet or less is required. What happens to all the water displaced by the pontoons with lifting strakes. The two choices you have are to fully weld the strakes or remove them plug the leaks and then re-weld them on.