Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

[Bushy99]

I realize that the hull is 20 percent thicker. Are there any real advantages to this? Would the .80 be ok?

-Blake

 

[bob johnson]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

I realize that the hull is 20 percent thicker. Are there any real advantages to this? Would the .80 be ok?

-Blake

not much difference is there is a good stringer -rib design...

much more difference , if the boat is an open utility or has only ribs, and they are spaced far apart!!!

so much is relavant, that the question is hard to answer in terms of one boat being stiffer or better or stronger than another..

bob

 

[Bart Sr.]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

That must be a typo---.100(1/10th inch) versus .800(4/5ths inch) is over 3/4ths inch difference.

You must mean .080 versus .100--or .020 difference.

 

[BaileysBoat]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

Actually, a .100 hull is 25% thicker. A lot of welded aluminum boats are .125,
.185 and .250 at the transom.

 

[Bushy99]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

You are correct on the 25 percent. I always sucked at math. The boats I am referring to are the Xpress welded and the Lowe boats. I was eyeing a 15 foot Xpress that dropped down to 0.80. The 16 foot Xpress is 0.100.

 

[Bushy99]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

Actually, a .100 hull is 25% thicker. A lot of welded aluminum boats are .125,
.185 and .250 at the transom.

Not jon type boats. I have seen between 0.60 and a little over 0.100. Moat of the welded jons use between 0.80 and 0.100 from what I have seen.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

The number is .080 not 0.80 or .80. Both .8 and 0.8 are the same (over 3/4 inch thick).

 

[180shabah]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

The number is .080 not 0.80 or .80. Both .8 and 0.8 are the same (over 3/4 inch thick).

see if anybody is listening this time....

 

[26aftcab454]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

my 1957 LoneStar El Dorado with a 1994 115 Evinrude-is .100 and still getting the job done-
53 years from now how is your boat gonna be holding up???

 

[Bushy99]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

my 1957 LoneStar El Dorado with a 1994 115 Evinrude-is .100 and still getting the job done-
53 years from now how is your boat gonna be holding up???

That's great. Do you think being .020 thicker made a huge difference?

 

[Bushy99]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

see if anybody is listening this time....

I am pretty sure people know what I'm referring to. It was a typo.

 

[26aftcab454]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

That's great. Do you think being .020 thicker made a huge difference?

no- better engineering these days !- if you like the boat get it.

 

[Bushy99]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

Still undecided between riveted and welded as well. I'm concerned about the seems on a welded hull.

 

[Boatist]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

I have two Aluminum boats a 1967 14 foot Klamath Delux with rivets and it leaks at many rivets.
The one that I can get to I have tightened up and they no longer leak.
The ones under seats and the like still leak. In a days fishing will get about 1/2 inch of water.
On a hot Sunny California day will be more like 1/4 inch.
The hull is thin .060 and it weighs 167 pounds with no motor.

The Other boat is a 21 foot Crestliner welded boat and has never leaked a drop.
The hull bottom is .080 and the transom is .125. Dry weight with a 3.0L 181 CI 4 cylinder I/O 140 HP is 2800 pounds.

For me I think .080 and .100 are a big difference.
For inland lakes and small rivers the .080 should be fine. Makes a bit difference if your loading it on top of a truck and carring it up the levey.

If You have a trailer go with the extra cost of the .100 and a larger motor.
The thicker hull less likely to form a hook in the bottom. Stringer system makes even more difference.

 

[Bushy99]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

First of all. Thanks to everyone for their input. I didn't think about rivets leaking under bence seats. That is a really good point. Most of what I have read about riveted boats is that the leaks are easily fixed. Rivets under a bench seat would be near impossible to fix I assume. Anyone else had experience with this? Obviously there is a large cost difference in the 0.80 and the 0.100, close to a thousand dollars. The boat will be used in rivers mostly. Both the 0.080 and 0.100 are rated for my 40 HP.

 

[JimS123]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

Last year i replaced an old Sea Nymph 0.080" with a 0.100" Starcraft. Big difference in sound, ridgidity, etc. Of course, its probably a better boat too. I would never own one smaller than 0.100" again. JMO.

 

[Bushy99]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

Thanks for the opinion. Anyone else?

 

[Bartine]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

The number is .080 not 0.80 or .80. Both .8 and 0.8 are the same (over 3/4 inch thick).

First of all. Thanks to everyone for their input. I didn't think about rivets leaking under bence seats. That is a really good point. Most of what I have read about riveted boats is that the leaks are easily fixed. Rivets under a bench seat would be near impossible to fix I assume. Anyone else had experience with this? Obviously there is a large cost difference in the 0.080 and the 0.0100, close to a thousand dollars. The boat will be used in rivers mostly. Both the 0.080 and 0.0100 are rated for my 40 HP.

I know its a typo, God knows I can't spell, but mixing up the decimal point can be confusing for people reading. 0.08 = 0.080 = .08 and 0.1 = 0.10 = 0.100 = .100

And I would go for the thicker of the two, 0.100

 

[Bushy99]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

Probably going with a Lowe Roughneck at 0.100.

 

[dg512055]

Re: Significant difference in .80 and .100 hull?

I have run an .080 F&F 1652 for several years, all duck hunting. I purposly ordered the boat .080 due to the weight difference. It is an all welded boat. I am using a 25 merc 2 stroke on it. It will carry and insane amount of weight into shallow water areas (4 to 12 inches) and it is easy to drag over levys, logs, stumps, etc. Check the difference in weight of the two and you will find that the .100 boat is carrying another "person" all the time. I do not run mine on any large or rough water though. If this were the case I would probably want the thicker hull.