The boat is fast.

Pontoon with lifting strakes. With strakes a pontoon becomes a planinf hull it moves over the top of the water instead of through it. After discussions with motor dealer and talking with Bentley reps the prop I have on it now is a 157515 pitch SS prop. The boat is fast.

Hello all Jason from Louisiana. 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. The company probably figured at that 150 will move the boat up to its hull speed.

Mounted at the waterline the TAP. Before you go to strakes which are a good thing BTW make sure you have the right prop. Typically lifting strakes are a piece of sheet metal used to deflect water.

Many lifting strakes use negative angles which can generate lift but can hurt. Lifting strakes are metal structures that are welded to pontoon tubes to increase the lift at the bow. Fin System With the TAP.

The pontoons are 23 inches by 24 foot 3 inches with the 3 inches sitting aft of the stern. Basically when you push the throttle all the way forward the engine should come to the top of its RPM range. Lifting strakes are fitted on either side of the boat as well as the bottom.

The blue Sweetwater with lifting strakes had an average 0-20 mph time of 972 seconds while the tan Sweetwater with TAP Fins had more than a second quicker time of 805 seconds. This repeated lift and glide enhances the speed of the pontoon considerably. Adding more power to a planing hull results in increased speed.