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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
Smackdaddy's "Pole Dancer" 1652 Polar Kraft flush deck jet b
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<blockquote data-quote="Country Dave" data-source="post: 339694" data-attributes="member: 10344"><p><em>Smack you’ve sad a mouth full and were pretty much on the same page,</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Some people may not believe an aluminum hull is ideal for polling the flats but I’m not one of them. When I think of stalking fish in skinny water two things come to mind. One, you have to be able to get skinny and secondly, you have to do it in a stealthy manner. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Aluminum hulls typically weigh about a 3rd the weight of their fiberglass counter parts and providing those hulls are the same configuration “Length, width and amount of deadrise” they will draft considerably less and therefore allowing you to get skinnier than the same hull in glass. I know the knock on most aluminum hulls is “Hull Slap” and I’ve experienced that in my 1448.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>There are ways around that as well. I wanted a mod-V not just because you have less Hull Slap but because it rides a bit better when it gets a little chopped up. Never the less even with a conventional flat bottom Jon or skiff you can work around it and let’s not forget that fiberglass hulls are not immune from hull slap. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The trend her is Florida for the flats guys is “ Aluminum hulls” just as we’ve both said I can get just a skinny if not skinnier than a 50K Pathfinder XPS for a tenth of the cost. The other thing that I believe most people don’t think about when polling skinny water is the boats “Pressure wave” When you’re moving the boat forward weather you’re on the gas motor, trolling motor or you’re polling the boat is creating a pressure wave, fish feel that they move and become hypersensitive. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Aluminum hulls have a smaller foot print/pressure wave because they weigh less, so they draft less and the PW is minimal compared to their fiberglass counter parts. And like you said when you build it yourself you build it the way you want it and you know what you’ve got. </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Country Dave, post: 339694, member: 10344"] [i]Smack you’ve sad a mouth full and were pretty much on the same page, Some people may not believe an aluminum hull is ideal for polling the flats but I’m not one of them. When I think of stalking fish in skinny water two things come to mind. One, you have to be able to get skinny and secondly, you have to do it in a stealthy manner. Aluminum hulls typically weigh about a 3rd the weight of their fiberglass counter parts and providing those hulls are the same configuration “Length, width and amount of deadrise” they will draft considerably less and therefore allowing you to get skinnier than the same hull in glass. I know the knock on most aluminum hulls is “Hull Slap” and I’ve experienced that in my 1448. There are ways around that as well. I wanted a mod-V not just because you have less Hull Slap but because it rides a bit better when it gets a little chopped up. Never the less even with a conventional flat bottom Jon or skiff you can work around it and let’s not forget that fiberglass hulls are not immune from hull slap. The trend her is Florida for the flats guys is “ Aluminum hulls” just as we’ve both said I can get just a skinny if not skinnier than a 50K Pathfinder XPS for a tenth of the cost. The other thing that I believe most people don’t think about when polling skinny water is the boats “Pressure wave” When you’re moving the boat forward weather you’re on the gas motor, trolling motor or you’re polling the boat is creating a pressure wave, fish feel that they move and become hypersensitive. Aluminum hulls have a smaller foot print/pressure wave because they weigh less, so they draft less and the PW is minimal compared to their fiberglass counter parts. And like you said when you build it yourself you build it the way you want it and you know what you’ve got. [/i] [/QUOTE]
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