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Duroboat: only rivets are where the thwarts are put in. The sides and bottom are put into extrusions with sealant (5200?)--and I have owned two with excellent performance and durability, plus look nice--and no leaking.
Riveted Alumcrafts here, circa 1956. Two of them used at the family cottage. Dragged up over rocks every fall to flip over for the winter and pushed back out in the spring. Both 14 footers still dry as a bone. Of couse I also inheireted a 12' STAINLESS STEEL boat with a 3 hp 2cyl (?!) Rude on it. Circa 40s I think.Tippy as a canoe.
My distain for boat salesman always goes up when you talk alum boats..."If you buy a (riveted/welded) boat it is going to break in two!!"....said by the salesmand selling the other manufacturing process boats.
Go with whatever you like.
Not that I would ever want this boat for my own (well...maybe! ) it looked to be an awesome ride. It was a cat boat about 30' long and built to look like a CG or military boat. It had the name "Moose" on it and it was a private boat (non-Gov't) that was heading out with a crab pot puller on it.
Get a 14 foot Lund rivet. Narrow beam if ride or weight is an issue. Wide for stability and space. 12 feet is really small and not really stable or good in waves. 15 horse is lots. Two stroke prefered. 10 will do for two boaters and gear. My dad's fishing camp in northern Canada beats the crap out of them. Rocks, idiots ,beers ,winters and all day use for four months a year, and they are bullet proof. 10 years and just a few replacements of transom plywood on 20 boats. Not the transom though.
Not sure about the salt , but otherwise indestructible. And I have a welded Crestliner.
I owned several aluminum boats,Starcrafts,Lunds, Bluefins, all riveted and all held up extremely well.In fact the Starcraft Holiday was 30 yrs old and only had two leaky rivets.The amount of leakage was insignificant.
Funny,
when Lund and Crestliner were both owned by Genmar industries,the Crestliner (welded)catalog touted how much better a welded hull was,and the Lund(riveted) catalog said "we'll stop using rivets in our boats,when Boeing stops using them in their airplanes". Go figure.
For the type of boat your looking for, either one is good.The difference isn't worth thinking about.They are both perfectly suitable for your use.
I owned several aluminum boats,Starcrafts,Lunds, Bluefins, all riveted and all held up extremely well.In fact the Starcraft Holiday was 30 yrs old and only had two leaky rivets.The amount of leakage was insignificant.
Funny,
when Lund and Crestliner were both owned by Genmar industries,the Crestliner (welded)catalog touted how much better a welded hull was,and the Lund(riveted) catalog said "we'll stop using rivets in our boats,when Boeing stops using them in their airplanes". Go figure.
For the type of boat your looking for, either one is good.The difference isn't worth thinking about.They are both perfectly suitable for your use.
That last paragraph sums it up well. Buy whatever you like. You will be happy with whatever it is.
Doesn't matter if it is welded or riveted, as long as you remember that you generally get what you pay for (translation: good riveted beats bad welded, good welded beats bad riveted).
) it looked to be an awesome ride. It was a cat boat about 30' long and built to look like a CG or military boat. It had the name "Moose" on it and it was a private boat (non-Gov't) that was heading out with a crab pot puller on it.
