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<blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 356351" data-attributes="member: 13702"><p>Very good logic - my concern was for my small kids tripping and making a sh!t ton of noise in the process, though I have a number of clients through work that I fish with and it's just prettier...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I used closed cell expanding urethane foam in my build - all you need is a $30 sheet of FRP from home depot to form your decking surface and the whole thing is light as can be. I called the FRP manufacturer to make sure my Tuff Coat paint would bond to it & found it's chemically the same as the body filler used on cars with a bit more fiber mixed in and a nice gelled surface. </p><p></p><p>I don't get why people take aluminum boats (whose main advantage IMO is light weight) and load the hell out of them with plywood and 2x4's...then they strap oversized and heavy engines to the back to move the over-laden wood barges they've constructed around. I want my oversized heavy engine to make me move like a bat outta hell - not keep me on pace with the guy with the stock boat and half my HP...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onthewater102, post: 356351, member: 13702"] Very good logic - my concern was for my small kids tripping and making a sh!t ton of noise in the process, though I have a number of clients through work that I fish with and it's just prettier... I used closed cell expanding urethane foam in my build - all you need is a $30 sheet of FRP from home depot to form your decking surface and the whole thing is light as can be. I called the FRP manufacturer to make sure my Tuff Coat paint would bond to it & found it's chemically the same as the body filler used on cars with a bit more fiber mixed in and a nice gelled surface. I don't get why people take aluminum boats (whose main advantage IMO is light weight) and load the hell out of them with plywood and 2x4's...then they strap oversized and heavy engines to the back to move the over-laden wood barges they've constructed around. I want my oversized heavy engine to make me move like a bat outta hell - not keep me on pace with the guy with the stock boat and half my HP... [/QUOTE]
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