spray rails

[scrapper]

Jim.. A lot of 20's and 23's have them. And they do work on knocking down the spray. Put them right on the hard chine and stop them just before the console. Taco makes a plastic spray rail, price isn't too bad, Hamilton Marine makes one too, it's bigger but you can cut it down for smaller boats.. cheaper then the Taco stuff but more work to make it work.
Good luck you'll be glad you put them on..

you recomend the shields ?
do you know jimmy,jimmy's marine ? he's the glass guy i asked about these.he told me he would put them on the area just above the water line-is that the hard chine-and he would run them back to be even with the console-sound right to you ? he makes these out of fiberglass,then sticks them to the boat.
with striper season coming up,i'm looking for ways to stay dry while running in a chop.
thanks for your suggestions don

[gofastsandman]

Hey Scrapper,
Look at where NoBones has his mounted. Follow the side of the boat down to the corner of the bottom. That is the hard chine. You want them level with the bottom of the hull and curving down past it for max effect.

Jimmy should know this...... Only semi displacement boats have them mounted as he suggests.

Many people say they feel the spray is reduced by 80-90 %. Especially in a quartering or head sea. Many also feel that they trap even more air contributing to an even softer ride. Mine are now nice and clean after some acetone and elbow grease.

Mark Hauptner incorporated rails into the hull lay up of the Ocean Masters. The outer taper of the rails is @ 3/8 " below the bottom.

I`ll have mine on soon and let you know my impressions.

GFS

[scrapper]

Hey Scrapper,
Look at where NoBones has his mounted. Follow the side of the boat down to the corner of the bottom. That is the hard chine. You want them level with the bottom of the hull and curving down past it for max effect.

Jimmy should know this...... Only semi displacement boats have them mounted as he suggests.

Many people say they feel the spray is reduced by 80-90 %. Especially in a quartering or head sea. Many also feel that they trap even more air contributing to an even softer ride. Mine are now nice and clean after some acetone and elbow grease.

Mark Hauptner incorporated rails into the hull lay up of the Ocean Masters. The outer taper of the rails is @ 3/8 " below the bottom.

I`ll have mine on soon and let you know my impressions.

GFS

that's the spot where he suggested-same as "no bones"

i'm going to go ahead with the job,pulling the boat on tuesday,then running it over to him.i will report back with how hte boat runs with the rails on it.