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strakes

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And what about those jazzy plastic strakes framing the gloss-black crossbar?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

But the exhibit quickly jumped to flashier models, like a 1984 Testarossa with its side strakes and horizontal design elements that make it look impossibly low and wide.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2017

Though the present day Hunt firm has tweaked the original design, the V-hull still has a 21-degree deadrise, fine entry and spray-knocking lifting strakes.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a 21-degree deadrise and lifting strakes, the 234 can run with the big sharks.

From Time Magazine Archive

No matter where you were on the ship, you felt the power of the Olympic's twenty-nine boilers transmitted upward through the strakes of the hull.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson