| If you're looking to build a small, simple, lightweight | | | | good care of it and she'll last you forever. |
| boat aluminum is probably the best route to take. | | | | Another wonderful thing about the aluminum boat |
| There are all sorts of different types of material | | | | is the portability factor. Some of the longer boats |
| to build the hull from. If you're considering building | | | | will require a special pulley and trailer but the |
| a boat on your own I would imagine cost is on | | | | smaller ones are so light weight that two grown |
| your mind. For building a boat yourself will be far | | | | men can carry it with no problem. I love being |
| less expensive than going out and buying a new | | | | able to throw my small aluminum boat into the |
| or used boat. Aluminum is going to be your best | | | | bed of my truck and drive away. It is just so |
| bet if you're looking to build a boat on a low | | | | convenient. |
| budget. | | | | I'm really glad that I took up boat building as a |
| Aside from the low cost of aluminum these days, | | | | hobby. I have really enjoyed and even made |
| the use of an aluminum hull will take out a lot | | | | profit selling the boats I made. Since the first one |
| headache involved in labor. Most boat hulls will | | | | I built, I have built 3 more on top of that. I made |
| require fiber glass, if you've ever worked with | | | | a lot mistakes with first one, but after that I |
| fiber glass before you know just how rough it | | | | started using this 3D Boat designing Software I |
| can be. It is no fun to spill on your skin and it is | | | | found and it has made my hobby a lot easier and |
| just as bad if the fumes make their way into | | | | my efforts far more efficient. My first boat was |
| your respiratory system. With an aluminum hull a | | | | a fiber glass hull and after that I said never again. |
| lot of danger and risk can be avoided. | | | | On my last 3 I decided to go with the aluminum |
| If you're looking for a sturdy hull that will last for | | | | hull and I was able to design amazing custom |
| years, aluminum won't die easy. You can | | | | blueprints. They provided exact measurements |
| continuously beat it up and it will keep floating. It | | | | that made the whole operation a piece of cake. |
| takes about 45,000 psi to rip a hole through an | | | | All the pieces fit together perfectly and I get |
| aluminum hull. So as long as you're not ramming | | | | better with every boat I build. |
| full speed into other boats you'll be fine. Just take | | | | |