Ok....what is the skinny on performance crimps? Do they actually help the performance of a hull? I know they can help with spray, but do they actually have any benefit to the performance of the hull?

Strength and maybe turning.

Strength makes sense....

Sucks in lillies. I wont get them on my next boat. When lillies are thick they act like hands and hold the boat.

Are you refering to crimps on the bottom of the hull? Or the side?

they help with strength if anything at all.

sweetens the KOOLAID.......

Mine give strength the full lenght of the sides all the way to the front but the ones i have seen (on cusotmer boats) in the past year don't run far enough forward for my liking and dont stop much of the wiggle and giggle in the sides.

Not as strong as this type of crimp, but I think what yall call the performance crimp looks better. But I'll take strength over looks any day.

That crimp do do noting but looks and little strength . It actually drafts deeper in the water than the regular flare

Just goin by what Brother Breaux told me.

It also makes a narrow boat a little wider at the top!!

The crimps don't have anything to do with the width of the boat you put as much flare as you want in the side no matter what crimp you have

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Look at these boats in this post. Crimps on the sides DO affect the width......

You must have never built a boat I can build a boat with the same crimp and make utthe same with as one without it

Yes bc the overall angle from the bottom to the top will be the same angle

Mine makes my boat fast fast!! It's what separates being # 1 instead of number 4 !! Bawhahaha

Lol yea I remember when they first came out everyone thought those crimps were the shit

Do we need to define "performance crimp?" maybe the confusion is between the 2 bend crimp (which would make the beam wider) and a 3 bend crimp which wouldn't change the beam (unless you intentionally made the last bend different)

Only way to keep the same width with the performance crimp is to not put as much flare in the sides. They do strengthen the sides and keep them from rippling the sides when being welded if ya not careful. Other than that its pretty much for looks.

This performance crimp?

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