Opinion on boats, engine

Hiw dies it handle Lake Mead or Lake Powell size waves?

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"Pat Goff @yahoo.com" pmgoffjrbot wrote in message
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Sergio,
The 1860 Tunnel Special is one of my most popular boats this yeat, go
anywhere, do anything in it.


"Sergio Ramirez" wrote in message
...
Pat:

What model of Alumacraft are you referring to?


"Pat Goff @yahoo.com" pmgoffjrbot wrote in message
...
Sergio,
There are plenty of good options for you to review. If you're wanting
to
stay with Aluminum, a nicely equipped tunnel mod v will get you into
5"
of
water, and still maintain control in rough water. Alumacraft makes a
nice
package.

If you'd like to test ride one, drop me a line and
we
can set it up.


"Sergio Ramirez" wrote in message
...
Bill, Bob, SimRacer:

Thank you all for your help. From your comments it's obvious that
the
jet
propelled engine is not the best choice for my target application. I
was
thinking that a jet-driven engine could add extra capability to the
boat
for
shallow water and allow me to fish the shallow flats in the Gulf
coast,
but
it's obviously not the case. You need a more specific rig for that.
In
reality I'd do such a fishing trip rarely. I would say 99.9% of the
times
I
will be doing bass fishing.

Sergio

"bill a" wrote in message
om...
Like some other guys said, jets are bad about intake clogging.
I've
had
one for a couple of years with a 6 degree deadrise bottom, but I
run
it
in
shallow, fast running gravel type streams. If I was mostly going
in
lakes and inshore, I think I would stick with a prop as the others
said
(power, speed, fuel mileage, noise, clogging). The other thing
not
mentioned so far, is that jets don't corner well, even with
v-bottoms.
I
frequently see newbies sitting in their boats on dry land because
they
misjudged making a corner. While you don't have to do the twisty
stuff
near as much in lakes, some hard swerving is bound to come up
eventually.
The other thing on aluminum hulls is the bottom thickness. If you
get
overly brave about running shallow, you inevitably will hit the
bottom
at
some point. Why have it if you don't use it?
The common jet boat bottoms around here are .19" thick and a 5052
alloy,
very tough stuff. They call them plate boats. If you have .100"
or
less
thickness and 2024 alloy, touching hard rock and even gravel
sometimes
will open you up. You then sink really fast.
hth
bill

"Sergio Ramirez" wrote in message
...
Hello all:

I'm considering buying my first boat, and wonder if any of you
folks
have
any advice/opinion on the following:

- Lund boats or Alumacraft boats. I want a light 16' deep-V boat
that
I
can trailer in my small Toyota pickup, which is rated for 3500 lbs
trailering. Around here there are a lot of Tracker boats, but I've
heard
complaints on Tracker customer service and problem with leakage
through
the welds. They tell me Alumacraft is a good quality boat, and
Lund
is
top of the line.

- The jet propulsion engines from Honda (BF35 or BF65). They
really
look
interesting because it allows access to shallow areas and it's
quieter,
but I wonder if this new technology (or perhaps not new, I don't
know)
is
not that well developed that it's best not to get into it at this
moment.

I'm in central Texas and I'm looking to do mainly bass fishing
around
the
Hill Country lakes (some of them pretty large bodies), and perhaps
once
in a while go to the Gulf coast to do bay fishing or
close-to-shore
fishing.

Thanks in advance for your help
Sergio

If big water was my main concern that particular boat would not be my first
choice.

Sergio expressed a desire to fish local lakes and bays. The bays here are
extremely shallow, and your typical v hull with an outboard can only cover
half the water. A properly rigged tunnel can take you to 85% of the water.
Only an airboat will get it all.

That boat rigged with a 90 makes the best "all around" rig I've seen, it
does many things well, and quite a few things acceptable.


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
Hiw dies it handle Lake Mead or Lake Powell size waves?

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"Pat Goff @yahoo.com" pmgoffjrbot wrote in message
...
Sergio,
The 1860 Tunnel Special is one of my most popular boats this yeat, go
anywhere, do anything in it.


"Sergio Ramirez" wrote in message
...
Pat:

What model of Alumacraft are you referring to?


"Pat Goff @yahoo.com" pmgoffjrbot wrote in message
...
Sergio,
There are plenty of good options for you to review. If you're
wanting
to
stay with Aluminum, a nicely equipped tunnel mod v will get you into
5"
of
water, and still maintain control in rough water. Alumacraft makes
a
nice
package.

If you'd like to test ride one, drop me a line
and
we
can set it up.


"Sergio Ramirez" wrote in message
...
Bill, Bob, SimRacer:

Thank you all for your help. From your comments it's obvious
that
the
jet
propelled engine is not the best choice for my target application.
I
was
thinking that a jet-driven engine could add extra capability to the
boat
for
shallow water and allow me to fish the shallow flats in the Gulf
coast,
but
it's obviously not the case. You need a more specific rig for that.
In
reality I'd do such a fishing trip rarely. I would say 99.9% of the
times
I
will be doing bass fishing.

Sergio

"bill a" wrote in message
om...
Like some other guys said, jets are bad about intake clogging.
I've
had
one for a couple of years with a 6 degree deadrise bottom, but I
run
it
in
shallow, fast running gravel type streams. If I was mostly
going
in
lakes and inshore, I think I would stick with a prop as the
others
said
(power, speed, fuel mileage, noise, clogging). The other thing
not
mentioned so far, is that jets don't corner well, even with
v-bottoms.
I
frequently see newbies sitting in their boats on dry land because
they
misjudged making a corner. While you don't have to do the twisty
stuff
near as much in lakes, some hard swerving is bound to come up
eventually.
The other thing on aluminum hulls is the bottom thickness. If
you
get
overly brave about running shallow, you inevitably will hit the
bottom
at
some point. Why have it if you don't use it?
The common jet boat bottoms around here are .19" thick and a 5052
alloy,
very tough stuff. They call them plate boats. If you have .100"
or
less
thickness and 2024 alloy, touching hard rock and even gravel
sometimes
will open you up. You then sink really fast.
hth
bill

"Sergio Ramirez" wrote in message
...
Hello all:

I'm considering buying my first boat, and wonder if any of you
folks
have
any advice/opinion on the following:

- Lund boats or Alumacraft boats. I want a light 16' deep-V
boat
that
I
can trailer in my small Toyota pickup, which is rated for 3500
lbs
trailering. Around here there are a lot of Tracker boats, but
I've
heard
complaints on Tracker customer service and problem with leakage
through
the welds. They tell me Alumacraft is a good quality boat, and
Lund
is
top of the line.

- The jet propulsion engines from Honda (BF35 or BF65). They
really
look
interesting because it allows access to shallow areas and it's
quieter,
but I wonder if this new technology (or perhaps not new, I don't
know)
is
not that well developed that it's best not to get into it at
this
moment.

I'm in central Texas and I'm looking to do mainly bass fishing
around
the
Hill Country lakes (some of them pretty large bodies), and
perhaps
once
in a while go to the Gulf coast to do bay fishing or
close-to-shore
fishing.

Thanks in advance for your help
Sergio