people that preferr aluminium boats

bass kicker · 11-08-05, 07:50 PM

i love aluminium boats for 2 reasons they are lighter and stronger then fiberglass boats

please tell me why you prefer aluminium boats over fiber glass

Jackl · 11-08-05, 08:27 PM

They are wetter and noisier than fiberglass boats!

JackL

thomas32140 · 11-08-05, 09:43 PM

I love em cause if you get a scratch or something you can just spray paint it, you cant do that with a fiberglass boat. My favorite brand of aluminum boat is express

bassintom · 11-09-05, 11:05 AM

fiberglass looks cooler....lol
jk..i've had both..i'll take a glass boat,can't beat the ride or stability as a fishing platform.

pig n jig · 11-09-05, 05:56 PM

I like aluminum boat because I get 31 MPG while towing it.I can fish places you wouldn't dare try with a 'glass boat.I don't mind getting wet, but rarely do.I ain't seen a Fiberglass boat yet that I have caught more fish out of than I have with an aluminum boat.No I don't go fast, but I don't care to, riding in some glass boats tournament time ,I thought we were going faster than my guardian angel could fly.

P N J

zooker · 11-09-05, 06:02 PM

take my glass rig any day. aluminum tends to slip and slid when connering. my glass boat-stratos- conners like it is on rails.. oh yeah it weighs 150 pounds -dry hull weight-less than a 17 foot express...

zooker

pig n jig · 11-09-05, 06:04 PM

Last summer, I lost the boat off the trailer doing 65-70 MPH. It flew off and bounced once on the road before it came to rest in a field. I turned around and loaded it back on the trailer by my self. Try that with a fiberglass.

I did have to put some weld on a few road rash dings to be safe, but It faired very well.I use the saftey chain on her all of the time since then.

P N J

zooker · 11-09-05, 06:04 PM

pnj
tell him to stay on the dam dock. there is no place for gaurdin angels when you trim it high and let er fly..

zooker

bass kicker · 11-09-05, 10:15 PM

a aluminium boat with a 250 will go alot faster then a fiber glass boat with the same motor because the aluminium is alot lighter

bass kicker · 11-09-05, 10:16 PM

and if you hit a log with a aluminium it will only dent try that with a fiberglass

ddc_5114 · 11-09-05, 10:56 PM

dont know about you guys...I prefer to stay off the logs and keep my boat tied down...and I don't recall ever seeing one of those air-foils with a 250 on it. and what stratos wieghs 150 lbs?????

just wondering?

11-09-05, 11:54 PM

Give me a bellyboat, a pair of flippers and and one of those peanut butter and jelly sammage,and a pole with no hook on it... Why do yaull use all those shinney thingies and those rubber thingies on a pole with them cranker things on it where you turn it after you toss those things out into the water to bring them back to you. Why do yuall bring those thingies back to the boat anyway, if you tossed them out thar fer the fish to eat you ought to leave them out there till they eat em. That's wrong. That's just teasing the fish. And putten that sauce stuff on those things just to fool a fish. Man that is cruel. Not only that, I heard yuall say after you cranked those fish in to the boat that you caught ( Just tricked them into eating thos things), that you yuall would just throw them back in the water. You are asking for trouble. Them fishies are going to gang up on yaull, and when yaull are setting in yaulls boats thinking about something that you shouldn't be thinking about, them fishies are going to gang up with all their fishie buddies and they are going to take revenge and going to yank yaull off into the water, and then they are going to put that sauce stuff on all those wormy things and spinner things that you all thaught yuall had lost. Then they are going to feed them to yaull while yaull are under water. Then they are going to pull yaull over to their favorite log, and stick yaull under it and let all the others people in boats throw those shunny things at you. I'm telling you, they are getting fed up with all yaull teasing them. Better stop teasing the fishies. Mark my word. You will read about it in the fishie news. Head line will say " Bunch of bass pulled bunch of men off boat". Captured all their boats that was on lake and all tackle.. Then what you gonna do??? That's why i use my belly boat. I go out thar on the lake and I feed the fishies peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. and I know whur all the big uns are at. some big as 26 pounds. But i will never tell yaull. They like me cause I don't tease em with all that shinny stuff and all that sauce stuff. Shame on yaull.

1FASTLASER · 11-10-05, 07:31 AM

ZOOKER

YOU TELLEM BUDDDY couldnthave put it better.CANTWAIT TO DO IT AGAIN

Basskicker

Hate to argue wuth you but aluminnum WILL NOT run with glass. Its impossible to get the speeds outta aluminum that you get with glass.

flfireman · 11-10-05, 02:12 PM

Dont care as long as Im fishing. Have a 17' aluminum and enjoy it. Would have a glass if I needed one. When I do buy a glass, Im still keeping the other to fish the stick marsh.

pig n jig · 11-10-05, 07:24 PM

You wouldn't like it here in NY state. 45 MPH speed limit is the fastest you can go, There are 5 MPH no wake zones and 20 MPH Zones. You really don't need anything more than a 135 HP motor unless you like going to court.

P N J

bass kicker · 11-10-05, 09:55 PM

i have seen multiple trackers with 250 beet fiberglass boats in a race with the same motor

bassintom · 11-11-05, 10:45 PM

i do believe a properly set up 2100 gambler with a 250 will out run ANY alum.boat.period.or just about any other bass boat with a 250.what do you think laser?

Mac3 · 11-12-05, 08:24 AM

Runnin a mean 14 aluminum utility boat hung with a 15 Yammy. Planes on a quarter throttle. It's a fine vessel and does it all. Yup, just about what I could afford almost............good fishin, Mac

As for comparing aluminum to glass, apples to oranges....they both have proven to be good for what they do and in the way they do it. The best riding and handling I've ever been in was an old wooden Larsen. Even looked good sitting still.

1FASTLASER · 11-19-05, 07:11 AM

Bassintom I do beleive that you are correct. Bass Kicker would you please give more info on these Trackerss that are running 250 motors. Only tracker that I know of that will run a 250 and I dont think that they are rated for 250 is the targa I beleive the name is. I'm not saying that you havent witnessed what you stated but I would definatley like some more details. Being that I have dealt with boats for MANY years,rode and drove just about everything out there, and work on boats being it repairing them or makin em go fast I have never witnessed such a phenomenon. The law of physics has alot to do with this. Glass will handle the speeds and stay in the water due to the hull not flexing and the planing surface being as close to perfect as possible. The aluminum will flex and the surface will not be a real good planing surface due to the fact thatthere will be irregularities along the hull that cause turbulence hence slower speeds and not to mention the fact about blowover.

11-19-05, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bass kicker

a aluminium boat with a 250 will go alot faster then a fiber glass boat with the same motor because the aluminium is alot lighter

The rivets will fail and the skin will come apart at those speeds. It will buckle like a squashed aluminum can. The bow will go first then the transum. Wouldn't advise anyone to over power this type of boat.

zooker · 11-19-05, 01:09 PM

mac you are correct on ride and handlin of a wooden boat my pop used to have a 46 penn yann. heavy but sweet looking -and a ton of work-spent many winters tinkering on the old gal..

but pnj they have to catch you first...

zooker

1FASTLASER · 11-20-05, 06:33 AM

Very good rendition of a proven fact there unregistered.

fishinboy · 11-23-05, 06:22 PM

Mac3, yur right. both have proven what they can and cant do. 'glass can go fast, alum. can go places a 'glass cant and take a better beatin then 'glass. Personaly i perfer a alum. 14' with a 7.5 HP. what do you need speed for when you are fishin? your tryin to catch fish, not out run them!!!

River stumps · 11-23-05, 06:46 PM

I can put my Pro 17 in places where I could never put a glass boat. There are so many hidden stumps in the river where I fish it would be hard for me to navigate a glass boat. But for comfort and speed, I will take a glass over aluminum any time.

fishinboy · 11-23-05, 09:47 PM

river stumps, true about the places you can get a alum. and not a 'glass. comfort and speed, definently a 'glass, but what do you nedd speed for???

11-08-05, 07:50 PM	#1
bass kicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Beamsville,ONTARIO,CANADA Posts: 2,023	people that preferr aluminium boats i love aluminium boats for 2 reasons they are lighter and stronger then fiberglass boats please tell me why you prefer aluminium boats over fiber glass __________________ Rob Downs St. Catharines BASSMASTERS

11-08-05, 08:27 PM	#2
Jackl BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Great Bend, KS Posts: 2,960	They are wetter and noisier than fiberglass boats! JackL __________________ There are two theories about argueing with women...........Neither one works!

11-09-05, 06:02 PM	#6
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	take my glass rig any day. aluminum tends to slip and slid when connering. my glass boat-stratos- conners like it is on rails.. oh yeah it weighs 150 pounds -dry hull weight-less than a 17 foot express... zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

11-09-05, 06:04 PM	#8
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	pnj tell him to stay on the dam dock. there is no place for gaurdin angels when you trim it high and let er fly.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

11-09-05, 10:15 PM	#9
bass kicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Beamsville,ONTARIO,CANADA Posts: 2,023	a aluminium boat with a 250 will go alot faster then a fiber glass boat with the same motor because the aluminium is alot lighter __________________ Rob Downs St. Catharines BASSMASTERS

11-08-05, 09:43 PM	#3
thomas32140 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 32	I love em cause if you get a scratch or something you can just spray paint it, you cant do that with a fiberglass boat. My favorite brand of aluminum boat is express

11-09-05, 11:05 AM	#4
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	fiberglass looks cooler....lol jk..i've had both..i'll take a glass boat,can't beat the ride or stability as a fishing platform.

11-09-05, 05:56 PM	#5
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	I like aluminum boat because I get 31 MPG while towing it.I can fish places you wouldn't dare try with a 'glass boat.I don't mind getting wet, but rarely do.I ain't seen a Fiberglass boat yet that I have caught more fish out of than I have with an aluminum boat.No I don't go fast, but I don't care to, riding in some glass boats tournament time ,I thought we were going faster than my guardian angel could fly. P N J

11-09-05, 10:16 PM	#10
bass kicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Beamsville,ONTARIO,CANADA Posts: 2,023	and if you hit a log with a aluminium it will only dent try that with a fiberglass __________________ Rob Downs St. Catharines BASSMASTERS

11-09-05, 10:56 PM	#11
ddc_5114 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: san antonio, tx Posts: 30	dont know about you guys...I prefer to stay off the logs and keep my boat tied down...and I don't recall ever seeing one of those air-foils with a 250 on it. and what stratos wieghs 150 lbs????? just wondering?

11-09-05, 11:54 PM	#12
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	Give me a bellyboat, a pair of flippers and and one of those peanut butter and jelly sammage,and a pole with no hook on it... Why do yaull use all those shinney thingies and those rubber thingies on a pole with them cranker things on it where you turn it after you toss those things out into the water to bring them back to you. Why do yuall bring those thingies back to the boat anyway, if you tossed them out thar fer the fish to eat you ought to leave them out there till they eat em. That's wrong. That's just teasing the fish. And putten that sauce stuff on those things just to fool a fish. Man that is cruel. Not only that, I heard yuall say after you cranked those fish in to the boat that you caught ( Just tricked them into eating thos things), that you yuall would just throw them back in the water. You are asking for trouble. Them fishies are going to gang up on yaull, and when yaull are setting in yaulls boats thinking about something that you shouldn't be thinking about, them fishies are going to gang up with all their fishie buddies and they are going to take revenge and going to yank yaull off into the water, and then they are going to put that sauce stuff on all those wormy things and spinner things that you all thaught yuall had lost. Then they are going to feed them to yaull while yaull are under water. Then they are going to pull yaull over to their favorite log, and stick yaull under it and let all the others people in boats throw those shunny things at you. I'm telling you, they are getting fed up with all yaull teasing them. Better stop teasing the fishies. Mark my word. You will read about it in the fishie news. Head line will say " Bunch of bass pulled bunch of men off boat". Captured all their boats that was on lake and all tackle.. Then what you gonna do??? That's why i use my belly boat. I go out thar on the lake and I feed the fishies peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. and I know whur all the big uns are at. some big as 26 pounds. But i will never tell yaull. They like me cause I don't tease em with all that shinny stuff and all that sauce stuff. Shame on yaull.

11-10-05, 07:31 AM	#13
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	ZOOKER YOU TELLEM BUDDDY couldnthave put it better.CANTWAIT TO DO IT AGAIN Basskicker Hate to argue wuth you but aluminnum WILL NOT run with glass. Its impossible to get the speeds outta aluminum that you get with glass.

11-10-05, 02:12 PM	#14
flfireman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Palm Bay, Fl Posts: 2,751	Dont care as long as Im fishing. Have a 17' aluminum and enjoy it. Would have a glass if I needed one. When I do buy a glass, Im still keeping the other to fish the stick marsh. __________________ In the Lord all things are possible.

11-10-05, 07:24 PM	#15
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	You wouldn't like it here in NY state. 45 MPH speed limit is the fastest you can go, There are 5 MPH no wake zones and 20 MPH Zones. You really don't need anything more than a 135 HP motor unless you like going to court. P N J

11-10-05, 09:55 PM	#16
bass kicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Beamsville,ONTARIO,CANADA Posts: 2,023	i have seen multiple trackers with 250 beet fiberglass boats in a race with the same motor __________________ Rob Downs St. Catharines BASSMASTERS

11-11-05, 10:45 PM	#17
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	i do believe a properly set up 2100 gambler with a 250 will out run ANY alum.boat.period.or just about any other bass boat with a 250.what do you think laser?

11-12-05, 08:24 AM	#18
Mac3 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 76	Runnin a mean 14 aluminum utility boat hung with a 15 Yammy. Planes on a quarter throttle. It's a fine vessel and does it all. Yup, just about what I could afford almost............good fishin, Mac As for comparing aluminum to glass, apples to oranges....they both have proven to be good for what they do and in the way they do it. The best riding and handling I've ever been in was an old wooden Larsen. Even looked good sitting still.

11-19-05, 07:11 AM	#19
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	Bassintom I do beleive that you are correct. Bass Kicker would you please give more info on these Trackerss that are running 250 motors. Only tracker that I know of that will run a 250 and I dont think that they are rated for 250 is the targa I beleive the name is. I'm not saying that you havent witnessed what you stated but I would definatley like some more details. Being that I have dealt with boats for MANY years,rode and drove just about everything out there, and work on boats being it repairing them or makin em go fast I have never witnessed such a phenomenon. The law of physics has alot to do with this. Glass will handle the speeds and stay in the water due to the hull not flexing and the planing surface being as close to perfect as possible. The aluminum will flex and the surface will not be a real good planing surface due to the fact thatthere will be irregularities along the hull that cause turbulence hence slower speeds and not to mention the fact about blowover.

11-19-05, 01:09 PM	#21
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	mac you are correct on ride and handlin of a wooden boat my pop used to have a 46 penn yann. heavy but sweet looking -and a ton of work-spent many winters tinkering on the old gal.. but pnj they have to catch you first... zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

11-20-05, 06:33 AM	#22
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	Very good rendition of a proven fact there unregistered.

11-23-05, 06:22 PM	#23
fishinboy BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: virginia Posts: 20	Mac3, yur right. both have proven what they can and cant do. 'glass can go fast, alum. can go places a 'glass cant and take a better beatin then 'glass. Personaly i perfer a alum. 14' with a 7.5 HP. what do you need speed for when you are fishin? your tryin to catch fish, not out run them!!! __________________ The time spent fishin, is not deducted from your life.:)

11-23-05, 06:46 PM	#24
River stumps BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Va Posts: 246	I can put my Pro 17 in places where I could never put a glass boat. There are so many hidden stumps in the river where I fish it would be hard for me to navigate a glass boat. But for comfort and speed, I will take a glass over aluminum any time. __________________ God is good!

11-23-05, 09:47 PM	#25
fishinboy BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: virginia Posts: 20	river stumps, true about the places you can get a alum. and not a 'glass. comfort and speed, definently a 'glass, but what do you nedd speed for??? __________________ The time spent fishin, is not deducted from your life.:)

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