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Why Buy An Aluminum Fishing Boat?
Why Buy An Aluminum Fishing Boat?
There are many advantages few disadvantages to an aluminum fishing
If you’re looking for a fishing boat you can’t go past an aluminum fishing boat. An aluminum fishing boat makes complete sense. Lets consider why.
Aluminum is extremely tough. In particular if you compare the strength of aluminum compared to the strength of steel, pound for pound, you’ll find that aluminum is much stronger than steel. This means that you can build a boat which is relatively lightweight.
A lightweight boat has many advantages. It is much lighter for a trailer, meaning that you can buy a cheaper trailer. It is easier to get on and off the trailer, meaning that fewer people can do the job.
A lightweight boat will be faster than a boat made of heavy materials with the same sized engine, meaning that your boat will be quicker, or that alternatively you’re able to buy a cheaper less powerful motor to achieve the same speed.
And a lighter boat uses at less fuel, meaning are that it is cheaper to run.
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Aluminum is virtually maintenance free. Some boats require substantial maintenance every single year. The worst is wooden boats. They need to be regularly sanded and painted or varnished, and they need tender loving care.
Aluminum on the other hand, forms a tough oxidised surface which is not prone to rust, does not need painting or sanding and which looks good all the time.
Unlike fibreglass or timber aluminum will not burn.
And aluminum is far less prone to damage than similar materials such as timber or fibreglass. Hit an underwater protuberance such as a tree or a rock and a timber or fibreglass boat is most likely to sustain significant damage, and particularly to become holed. Of course a boat with a hole is likely to sink.
However it is extremely difficult to puncture the hull of an aluminum fishing boat. You are much more likely to dent it, however this does not offer any risk of sinking. It is extremely difficult for an impact to punch a hole through an aluminum hull.
And it’s not nearly as difficult to repair and aluminum hull as it is to repair a fibreglass or timber hull.
In fact aluminum boats are so tough, durable and weather resistant that many can be and have been used for decades and still look good.
And of course like anything else aluminum can be painted any color you want, if you want.
Despite the fact that there are so many advantages to an aluminum fishing boat you should also understand that there are disadvantages.
If you’re a fisherman don’t drop any sinkers, or at least lead sinkers, on the hull of the boat, or if you do make sure you pick them up. A lead sinker lying on aluminum will quickly form a small hole.
And although it is probably unlikely aluminum can attract lightning more easily than timber or fibreglass.
But the downside of