Aluminum hulls: Cougar, CUV, etc
 

Do aluminum hulls start to deform after use in the rough stuff? Anyone know about this from experience?

Call kurt at KURTS MARINE 732-477-7400 he has a CUV it called the BANDIT.He`ll tell you.
mike

Yeah, I'd like to know how easy it is to form an aluminum hull with strakes.

they don't move. They'll show a little around the bulkheads, but they're beefy. Supposedly, Kurt is closed for the month, btw. The strakes are cut and welded, not formed or bent. I love 'em. I assume you're asking because Riveted is for sale? CUV's are wide tunnel boats. In Winnapesakee(sp?) in 96 or so, Bill Gifford was faster than the Skaters w/ the same hp. Kurt owns giffords old boat.

I'm just asking because I don't know why more aren't made of aluminum.

Hey Mike you say this like there is a problem with aluminum, is this the case or am I just taking this the wrong way.

I have wondered why more manufacturers don't use aluminum. I thought it's stronger than fiberglass. It is because it cost more, or is it that much harder to work with . Could someone shed some light on this.

Kirk

my day dream , how about a 40 ft. injected plastic titanum skeleton go fast in 1989 Dupont said get 1 million dollars give it to them and they might talk to me about makeing the mold.did not mean to crash your thread,just daydreaming again.

Kurt would know and be glad to answer any of your questions. By the way he is not closed for the month, I was there yesterday. Call him 1-732-477-7400.

Kurt is open spoke with him this afternoon. You can also go to his web site it's www.kurtsmarine.com
Doug

RumRunner are you the person that helped kurt and I with my new Barry Grant carbs for the supercharged (14:71's)Olds motors that were building.

Thanks for the input. I thought about Rivited, until I found out that it weighs about 11,000#. :eek:

I added two ft too a 38 cougar to install turbines. The amount of work that goes in to one of these boats is astounding. The labor cost must a factor, plus they are heaver then a composit boat :cool:

i have heard that aluminium boats are loud as hell when running. The metal conducts soudns much more efficiently than fiberglass.

In addition for apleasure boas the rivets look a little funky. HyLite powerboats out of canada figured out anew way to biuld them without riveting and super thick metal. They weld parts togehter and use coring for added strength and soudns reduction. GreenWing II was biuld by them it is a VERY nice lookign rig.

FYI kurt is cool imet him this summer down in NJ. He was super busy runngina race (ad racing) but was still cool. His boat bandit is pretty bad ass super fast and of course run the famous Bandit racing engines.

The guy I bought my boatfrom has a 38 cougar and it was discribed to me as sounding like a bunch of rocks in a tin can ! Very noisy .and he had a problem in the salt water with the aluminum . He said it is too much upkeep in salt water .

Did any of the Aluminum Cats run Seateks?

Seems like plenty of the Mono Hulls did, but nothing comes to mind with the cats.

Back in the 80s I had a welded aluminum 21 foot Maritime. It was used by a local marina as a work boat and had a Chrysler Slant 6 engine and out drive. I was told it was originally used in Offshore Racing, back in the 60's and had twin outboards. You could see where the transom was filled in and it still had a ballast tank in the bow. Best riding 22 foot boat I have ever been in!