Originally Posted by
cww
I have a 53MY without any spray rails and up until very recently my dad had a 58YF with the spray rails. They were optional on the bow and standard aft. I have a lot of butt-in-seat time on both and I can't tell any difference between the one with spray rails and the one without. Both throw water up over the bow like a fire hydrant in anything over about 1' chop. If there is any improvement from those spray rails it's trivial at best. The only solution on my boat is drop a knot or two off the speed and it calms down. But I don't think the spray rails do much. They do make the bow look imposing though, they look nice, they just don't stop the water over the bow.