With strakes a pontoon becomes a planinf hull it moves over the top of the water instead of through it.

What are pontoon lifting strakes. Lifting strakes provide significantly more top end MPH compared to standard logs and dont necessarily require big HP motors to do so. A simple strake with both inner and outer faces the same width will leave the inner face canted at some angle not horizontal. There is also a significant amount better MPG because the boat is on top of the water rather than plowing through the water.

Typically lifting strakes are a piece of sheet metal used to deflect water. Adding more power to a planing hull results in increased speed. The only difference in the nearly identical pontoon boats-one has TAP Fins and the other has lifting strakes.

I have a 2010 24 Bentley Encore pontoon that I recently repowered with a Merc 150 4 stroke. Lifting strakes lift your boat and reduce drag which can improve your speed by 15. He mentioned they have added them in years past to boats not factory ordered with this option and performance was maybe a 1 mph.

What do lifting strakes do on a boat. Pontoon Deck Boat takes the performance challange TAP fins and lifting strakes are also designed to lift pontoon boats out of the water and reduce drag. The pontoons are 23 inches by 24 foot 3 inches with the 3 inches sitting aft of the stern.

Lifting strakes on steroids may be extra wide for even more lift. I asked my dealer about adding on lifting strakes to my 22 pontoon SLi. Read this article comparing these 2 technologies and see how they do not provide to the results obtained when using the Pontoon Water Glide.

It can generate up to 2500 pounds of lift at 25 miles an hour with the hydrofoils used in the Hydrofin System. 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. Thus maximizing the lift.