HEY guys I have a pic somewhere from the back of my boat at the upper 70s and you can see the hooked outer chine was not touching the water, but it was flat out in the bay that day. wildcard when are you going to test the shortie with your set up. I still need to buy a carb and do the glass work just been broke this winter putting in 400 to 600 in to heat only for the house while I am still disabled getting the knee replacement on the 28th of feb.

I agree with airtime, once the boat gets its sh!t togather at high speeds the outer strakes aren't even in the water.
Here is my 29 at 93 or 94.

durrrr the oil is per month and jan was 700 for the month. I hope it warms up soon:p

You are quite right, that with every mile that the boat run faster lifts it higher and higher out of the water. The CHINES are completely dry on smooth water, at 70 and above.

But Tony was referring to the outer strakes that run to the transom. On my boat they are right in the middle of the base of the trim tab (picture) , and they have a small (but visible on the picture - against the trailer bunk) wedged surface at the end, kicking the waterflow downwards, like a tab. It starts 6-8" before the transom and is a 1/4" deflection at max.

All 25OL have this, and it is a built in feature that was probably created to give the boat a little inherent stability in the hands of the "entry level" boater.

When you know what tabs are for, you don´t need it.

I see guys crawling under their 25´s real soon, and saying "where the hell did that come from!":cool-smiley-011:

OK, I see. They are in a different place on the 25 than the 29.
They need to go away on your 25. Get the belt sander out!

the strakes pitch down at the last 10-12 inches righr before the transom

its the same on my 24ol but I have a pic and that chine was out of the water, I could have been going 80, but my tabs were out to IT WAS PRETTY SMOOTH OUT IN THE BAY THAT DAY. they put those in for lower powered motors to help get on plane with out tabs, and to keep the bow down.

finaily got some pics.

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NICE pics, I can't wait to see what I end up with this spring , new motor hope to dyno in dec and hit 1050hp I think with my 2'' shortie and a 32p b1 at 6400 would = 100plus anyone have the prop calutator:p. hope to repaint to:rolleyes:. artie