reelfishin
Captain
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Re: MFG Niagara
I started out with pretty much the same thinking but one thing that kept coming to mind was that I change boats so often, there's no telling how long any one boat will stay in my possession. I've owned probably 40 in the last 4 years or so. I'm always looking and always buying, fixing, trading, or selling. It would be great to have a boat that had no wood, but even with the worst treatment, properly done wood will outlast most of us here.
The boat I did first was left outside it's whole life, it was in use when I got it, and still somewhat usable, although the transom had some flex. It didn't rot from the way it was built, it rotted from the second set of unused bolt holes in the motor area and around the splashwell drains. The boat I redid will likely never rot there since I embedded all through hull fittings in epoxy and sealed all edges in 5200. Even if I did it like the factory did it, and got another 45 years out of it, I'd most likely be too old to care anyhow.
I started out with pretty much the same thinking but one thing that kept coming to mind was that I change boats so often, there's no telling how long any one boat will stay in my possession. I've owned probably 40 in the last 4 years or so. I'm always looking and always buying, fixing, trading, or selling. It would be great to have a boat that had no wood, but even with the worst treatment, properly done wood will outlast most of us here.
The boat I did first was left outside it's whole life, it was in use when I got it, and still somewhat usable, although the transom had some flex. It didn't rot from the way it was built, it rotted from the second set of unused bolt holes in the motor area and around the splashwell drains. The boat I redid will likely never rot there since I embedded all through hull fittings in epoxy and sealed all edges in 5200. Even if I did it like the factory did it, and got another 45 years out of it, I'd most likely be too old to care anyhow.