A simple strake with both inner and outer faces the same width will leave the inner face canted at some angle not horizontal.

What are pontoon lifting strakes. 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. Input dimensions are for each Lift Strake. The Hydrofin system is a highly engineered system that can change the angle of attack to generate a lot of lift to the pontoon boat.

Great for the environment. What do lifting strakes do on a boat. This reduces the drag force and.

Hello all Jason from Louisiana. After discussions with motor dealer and talking with Bentley reps the prop I have on it now is a 157515 pitch SS prop. Typically lifting strakes are a piece of sheet metal used to deflect water.

With a full 18-gallon gas tank and is propelled by a 70hp Evinrude 2-Stroke. With strakes a pontoon becomes a planinf hull it moves over the top of the water instead of through it. Since he is one of the highest volume Bennington dealers in Texas I took his word.

I asked my dealer about adding on lifting strakes to my 22 pontoon SLi. Its basic planing surface is very small compared to the Hydrofin system. Lifting strakes lift your boat and reduce drag which can improve your speed by 15.

Increasing the speed of your boat. Lifting strakes are deliberately angled so that the inner face is horizontal. They are triangular in shape with their lower surface flat and horizontal parallel to the water surface 0 angle.