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Not at all, we stole the idea from my Wahoo! 1750 CC Hull. I have owned the Wahoo! since 1995, and just was always astonished of how well the boat rode, and took waves. It was always faster than comparable hulls with similar power. I once spoke to a factory engineer, who said the boat was designed to ride on air, and the hull broke loose from the outer sponsons at 28 mph and just rode on the lower hull and strakes. The Whaler now behaves similarly with a nice flat ride, high out of the water. We have these hulls rock solid stable beyond 60 mph like this. But the real benefit was all around efficiency of the hull.