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... On Jan 11, 9:02 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... On Jan 11, 8:34 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... 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? ================ 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 she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You don't know her. ================== 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". |
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... On Jan 11, 9:02 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... On Jan 11, 8:34 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... 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? ================ 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 she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You don't know her. ================== 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. |
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... On Jan 11, 9:02 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... On Jan 11, 8:34 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... 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? ================ 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 she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You don't know her. ================== 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. |
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On Jan 12, 2:32*pm, wrote:
On Jan 11, 9:02*pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... On Jan 11, 8:34 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message .... 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? ================ 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 she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. *You don't know her.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hopefully you don't judge our group by Joe. I don't even think he owns a boat;( |
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... On Jan 12, 2:32 pm, wrote: On Jan 11, 9:02 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... On Jan 11, 8:34 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... 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? ================ 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 she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You don't know her.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hopefully you don't judge our group by Joe. I don't even think he owns a boat;( ================ Don't bet on it, puppy boy. |
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Aluminum boats welding (Hewes, Duckworth, Bolton)
wrote in message ... On Jan 12, 2:32 pm, wrote: On Jan 11, 9:02 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... On Jan 11, 8:34 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... 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? ================ 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 she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You don't know her.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hopefully you don't judge our group by Joe. I don't even think he owns a boat;( A rivet leaking Lund. May not be leaking now, but eventually a rivet will leak. |
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On Jan 12, 6:56*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Jan 12, 2:32 pm, wrote: On Jan 11, 9:02 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message .... On Jan 11, 8:34 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ... 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? ================ 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 she should be designing boats.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about her that way. You don't know her.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hopefully you don't judge our group by Joe. * * I don't even think he owns a boat;( A rivet leaking Lund. *May not be leaking now, but eventually a rivet will leak.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - He's just a stupid drunk. Anyone who has dealt with an alcoholic knows that. Just hoping the OP knows that he can actually get good info here if he just ignores him... |
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On Jan 12, 7:26*pm, HK wrote:
wrote: He's just a stupid drunk. Anyone who has dealt with an alcoholic knows that. Just hoping the OP knows that he can actually get good info here if he just ignores him... You're the one who seems to PUI. You know, post under the influence. -- George W. Bush - the 43rd Best President Ever! Heh, I was going to mention that the other troll would be along soon Note to the origional poster if you are still he We are a pretty good group, really there are only two in the whole group who jump in with no info, trying to troll conversations into the ground and steer folks the wrong way intentionally... Both have posted to this thread, I will leave it to you to figure out who they are Hopefully they have not soured you to the rest of us... If so, good luck with your boat. There are other monitored groups where you might get more info, or try rec.boats.builders.. more technitions and less "engineers" there if you know what I mean... |
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