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Admiral
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- Ben
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- 1998 36' Sabre Express CAT 3116TA's, 2015 ROS Scotia 16 Etec 50
So far (and probably for good reason....) I have only seen postings of addings lifting strakes/rails to DE hulls that are generally large and either bolted or glassed onto a hull. These all see to be somewhat fragile and require blocking when in the slings.
Has anyone ever added strakes to a DE hull like a lapstrake hull to try to gain the same effect? Seems like go fast boats have been doing it (of course different speeds/forces involved) forever and it clearly creates lift so why not on a DE?
Like the ZP strakes in this pic. Maybe 3 courses for the rear half of the boat at 3/4" height and tapering to the next step over 3". Like a heavy clapboard. This would give you an overall height, if you consider the effect of the faces of the strakes together, of about 2 1/4" which is a little more than most single piece, add on rails that I have seen Seems like they could be made solid and would not be subject to damage by the travelift.
I am not looking for the easy way out as much as interested in experience that anyone has on this. Was thinking maybe a run of them could be molded in wood and glassed over or even molded in place with hull & deck putty and glassed over but never used the stuff so not sure of its density- might just sag off the hull.
Plenty of lap strake hulls in history- maybe someone has run one at 16kts and could comment on the lift/handling characteristics?
Has anyone ever added strakes to a DE hull like a lapstrake hull to try to gain the same effect? Seems like go fast boats have been doing it (of course different speeds/forces involved) forever and it clearly creates lift so why not on a DE?
Like the ZP strakes in this pic. Maybe 3 courses for the rear half of the boat at 3/4" height and tapering to the next step over 3". Like a heavy clapboard. This would give you an overall height, if you consider the effect of the faces of the strakes together, of about 2 1/4" which is a little more than most single piece, add on rails that I have seen Seems like they could be made solid and would not be subject to damage by the travelift.
I am not looking for the easy way out as much as interested in experience that anyone has on this. Was thinking maybe a run of them could be molded in wood and glassed over or even molded in place with hull & deck putty and glassed over but never used the stuff so not sure of its density- might just sag off the hull.
Plenty of lap strake hulls in history- maybe someone has run one at 16kts and could comment on the lift/handling characteristics?