What exactly is a step lift anyway?

bradford · #1 08-22-2009, 10:19 AM

She's come a long way Tsubaki!

dbetterred · #2 08-22-2009, 02:50 PM

So what is difference between our "steplifts" and normal lifting strakes on other boats? Or are the V20's strakes special just because they came out so early in boat development? I don't think there were very many boats in the sixties that used lifting strakes.

THEFERMANATOR · #3 08-22-2009, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dbetterred

So what is difference between our "steplifts" and normal lifting strakes on other boats? Or are the V20's strakes special just because they came out so early in boat development? I don't think there were very many boats in the sixties that used lifting strakes.

Lifting strakes are the same thing as the famous steps under the V-20. Hulls in the sixties didn't have them as the deep vee hull was just coming into the boat market at that time. Before that most hulls were pretty flat and din't need lifting strakes to get on plane as a flat hull planes easily by itself. Current hull development pivots around HUNT's famous deep vee design which spawned the variable dead rise hull of SEA CRAFT fame as well.