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Finally going to make the plunge and buy an aluminum boat, but i
am
confused. Our goal is to buy a boat that will last for many years
to
come and also turn heads when on the water. The more i talk to
salesman the more BS i hear. What should i be looking for as far
as
the quality of the welds, some look like art and some look like my
son
who is 12 tried to weld for the first time. Does the apperance of
the
weld matter? We are looking at a 200 Sea Runner Hewes Craft right
now,
any comments would help at this point

Thanks

I own a Lund, and the company makes a big selling point of the fact
that
their aluminum hulls are double riveted. Welding is not mentioned
anywhere
in their literature, as far as I've noticed. I've been beating the
crap
out
of the boat since 1999 and it's as tight as the day it was new.

www.lundboats.com

Thanks for the feedback
I appreciate your coment about rivetted boats but my wife said noway
to riveted boats, he dad had one and it always leaked. Infact you
should have seen the dirty looks she gave one of the salesman when he
was trying to sale us on a riveted boat. What would you look for or
like to see as far as welds?

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I have no idea what to look for with welds. Tell your wife that her
dad
bought a ****ty boat, and she should not judge all riveted boats based
on
her father's bad judgement and low budget. If she's such a shmexpert,
maybe
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I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You
don't know her.

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I don't know her, but based on the information you provided, I know
something ABOUT her. Here's an example of what I know about her: She
thinks a handmade pastry from a fancy bakery is identical to a frozen
Sara Lee pastry with the same name, like "tiramisu".


Maybe her dad bought a Lund and the rivets leaked. You know nothing
about
her or the boat her dad bought. Except that the boat had leaking
rivets.


You are correct. The leaky boat could've been a Lund. But, that doesn't
change the absolute perfection of my analogy. His wife thinks all things
within a given category are identical. Hopefully, that doesn't extend to
men.


I sure wouldn't want to put a splotch on that perfect image of yourself,
but you might just consider a little apology.
--
John H


I'm trying to urge him gently to YES his wife during the boat shopping
process, but ignore her advice. She's shown that she can't make sense of
features. Next, she'll be saying her grandpa got sick from eating a sandwich
that sat in the sun all day on his boat, so the new boat shouldn't have room
for sandwiches.