[IMG]<a href="http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9583/keel0ir.jpg" target="_blank">http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9583/keel0ir.jpg</a>[/IMG] <BR> <BR>seems like alot of people alawys have problems with hitting things underwater , do these mess up the wake , would they help solve the some of the problems??

yea u would think someone may look into something like that. maybe your post will help people see it's available or an idea to employ on their boats. wish i had something similiar, we have bent 3 props this season alone, we're havin a bad year but still havin fun. can u find out who sells it and if it is available for different models of boats? that would help.

seems like it might save your prop, but do some <b>major</b> glass damage if you hit something static.

looks like that's built into the hull? Is that on a painted aluminum boat??

That is a semi-displacement hull. 13 knots tops. There are variations of this for planing hulls - it is called "keel drive." It messes with high speed handling, lifts the hull, creates additional drag, and decreases wake. Great for trawlers, though.

its on most shamrock boats , i live on saltwater with very few wakebordboats but it jsut seems it would help some of the problems

what if they put a foil coming off it so it could pull it down instead of up to make it kinda like a wedge