Aluminum Offshore Boats - Research
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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 -
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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!
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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 -
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Hope this helps
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Our 40' Caricoff was built in 1973. Been racing it for over 25 year with no major damage. Here is a photo of the original configuration and current configuration which ran in P-3 class in 2005. With 750 Sterling and a weight of 9000lbs. it will still run mid 90's all day long.
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That would be it. I'd forgotten whose it was, thanks. Do you know the history on it?