These boats are heavy and have lots of ribs and stringers. They require the use of thicker hulls to manage numerous hits and skids off sharp rocks. They are beat up hard and need to keep together. On the other hand all river boats are welded. Properly engineered with the same materials and construction it will, more often than not, outperform welding. Riveting is more expensive compared to welding in most cases. This proves welding doesn't always equal quality of engineering, manufacture or design.Īir planes, ice breakers and many other vehicles which require a strong performance hull or fuselage are riveted. Some cheaper brands ( I removed two brands specifically named here) use just as thick or even thicker hulls compared to Lunds, and are welded, yet they leak like a slotted sieve. And I agree, that like you said, Crestliners, which are welded hulls are also excellent boats with a reputation of staying bone dry. Lunds are excellent boats with an outstanding reputation for hull stability and being bone dry too. Yes, its going to cost, but if you keep the Boat for 20 years, which a lot of us do, you will be happy in the long run. Get a heavy hull thickness to start, and get a quality construction with adequate stringer system and treated plywood floor system. I could not believe the "good enough" attitude of construction I saw especially in the transom. Still does not leak.īoats are not built that well, and I had to get a lot of new parts made to beef up my hull. I do not like a thin hull, and have re built a Sylvan / Smokercraft from the hull up.
#RIVETED VS WELDED JON BOAT DRIVER#
Stories of Lifetimers being run on the beach by a sleeping driver (believe it, it has happened), being pulled off the rocks, and just showing cosmetic scratches, abound. Lifetimer has one of the best reputations for durability and are thick and are welded. You don't see rivets on the coast for a reason, they are more prone to leaking where your hull is taking serious wave impacts over time, or the potential for a log strike or rock strike exists. On the Coast, more and more boats are now Aluminum, and are welded.160. Crestliners have a great reputation because they are welded very well, and have a good superstructure, and less likely to leak unless there is an impact. 100 + and always had a great stringer system. No stringer will protect against that.Ĭrestliners always were welded and were. Yes superstructure is critical, and can compensate for hull thickness, but you still have to depend on the hull thickness for POINT IMPACT.
Its very hard to correctly weld thin aluminum regardless of the alloy. Hull thickness also relates to HOW its made (rivets vs.
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