[reelapeelin]

BS...I hear you loud and clear, but if Hunt did not have "patent protection" on the strakes themselves, then Schoell(or anybody else) could patent them...and lookin' at the pics you've posted and seen elsewhere, lifting strakes and steps were being used by others prior to both Hunt and Schoell using them...then it's a matter of who got to the patent office first and consider this...did Hunt ever apply for patent protection on lifting strakes?...I think Schoell had a patent in place on the strakes prior to Hunt incorporating them into the design of the V20...that's why Schoell's patent# appears on the V20 Steplift mark, while Hunt is credited by Wellcraft as being the designer...

Think of it this way; the Wellcraft V20 designed by Raymond Hunt and features lifting strakes as patented by Harry Schoell...makes sense to me... :D...