31. In their early years of service both the ferries carried rope fenders to protect the strakes . 32. Her 5-inch upper armour strake would have been removed and her deck armour reinforced. 33. In February 2008 the Strake Jesuit. 34. The " L " also introduced a longer dorsal strake that reached to the rear window. 35. The strakes then meet the stem flush, which is also referred to as being hooded. 36. The rear of the hull is also slightly narrower and has deeper strakes for improved tracking. 37. Above the belt was a strake of nickel-steel armour closed off by transverse bulkheads. 38. Above the belt was a strake of 39. They were followed in 2002 by Te Strake Textile in the Netherlands and Lhenry in France. 40. Movable flaps at the ends of the strakes effectively made it a three-surface design.
