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Old 02-25-2019, 03:51 PM
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I thought cutting the strakes in the rear would get me more speed, instead it gave it a stupid porpoise that was only solved by putting the bottom back to original.
f***ing with the bottom didn`t work out for me, someone else take the torch and extend the strakes, I`m not messing with my bottom anymore.

after cutting strakes:


I don`t have many video from flat water but it seem to me the water breaks at the helm (about where the inner strakes end) so extending them makes sense.
This is stock factory bottom:


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Old 02-25-2019, 09:07 PM
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From my own experience with the boat that Phil and Cigarette messed with ('99 Gun, with notched strakes) it did nothing for speed or handling. That is, nothing bad and nothing good. I think it rides like any other straight bottom. Let me see if I can attach a pic...
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Originally Posted by louisa6
From my own experience with the boat that Phil and Cigarette messed with ('99 Gun, with notched strakes) it did nothing for speed or handling. That is, nothing bad and nothing good. I think it rides like any other straight bottom. Let me see if I can attach a pic...
Did they do anything to the inner strakes?
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Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER
Did they do anything to the inner strakes?
Good question - I don't think they cut the inners but honestly will have to look next time.
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Originally Posted by F-2 Speedy
Who's boat is that
he’s on here, boat has 6’s and big power god I can’t remeber user name though .. ugh
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Originally Posted by F-2 Speedy
Who's boat is that
Kirk/ zero patience... not sure if that was before or after the 6's were added.
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Originally Posted by Full Force
hmmmm, wonder if any gains on a slug like mine, I wish there was a easy temp way to do it...
There are. I’ve read that guys have put temporary strakes on right over the gel to test.
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Originally Posted by offshoredrillin
Kirk/ zero patience... not sure if that was before or after the 6's were added.
thats what I thought, I remember the paint scheme.
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Fwiw, there is a noticable difference in the amount of rocker on the cig compared to the scarab in addition to the strake difference.
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Originally Posted by hogie roll


There are. I’ve read that guys have put temporary strakes on right over the gel to test.
My first trip to the Sunsation factory around '02 I saw this firsthand. Joe was walking us around and introduced us to Wayne who at the time was underneath I believe the single engine 32 F-1 boat. He had sections of wood strakes in his hand that he was either screwing or unscrewing from the bottom of the boat. I thought man that's crazy!
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