I too had herd stories of rivits pooping out - I went wild purchased 100 rivets and still have 75 left over - We did havea few Incidents where we played bumper boats or stuff the boat and had to replace a panel. It was not difficult but for damn surge there are a lot of Rivets in each sq/ft of boat - Brownie is correct - all the important wetted surfaces are weled and rivet leaks are not an issue. Any person with a hammer and rivet gun can fix, repair or modify and aluminum boat and till not compromise the structure, it will take an expert to do the same with a plastic boat - We washed the boat down with a hose after each race and had few or no corrosion issues -

Man, I feel like a rube saying what I said without a specific quote. I know I read it somewhere... Just wish I knew where!

Thanks for the info though! As I've said before, you guys that were actually there... You are all an invaluable resource to the rest of us.

And to be frank... I kick myself for not buying that CUV when I had the chance!

The best safety feature of an aluminum boat is the fact that they never have catastrophic failures. They will bend, but they never shatter.

What kinds of speeds did the Liquid Technologies see in the poker run boat??

It's beautiful

Good point Brownie - at the end of the day we all want to come back home after a boat ride -Even in the aluminum boats I put screens and water diverter plates in front of the occupants in case of a tear - a plastic boat as we have all seen can come apart much faster -

BLACKLAB, Where did u-GO !

Let see some pics of it. Im looking for one

Is it the bare aluminum 50ft Cougar sitting on a custom red tilit trailer? If so this boat is Dean Clausen's (Owner of the Bravo Shop). I don't think he wants to sell it but everything is for sale for the right price.

Hope this helps
Don

Man that is a good looking boat, Can you post more (and bigger) pictures we can save?

That would be it. I'd forgotten whose it was, thanks. Do you know the history on it?