Will say you can still do the aluminum boats, but need one kind of like mine or larger. I have a 17' Deep V Lund and it's not at all like the G3 you talking about and I also had one of them before I got my Lund, I also have a 115 4 stroke on it and love the entire rig. Now I am not talking from one that has just owned aluminum boats either. Before I had the G3, I had a 20' Skeeter with a 200 and loved it too, maybe should have kept it? However now that I have the Lund and me getting older every minute, the Lund is more comfortable to move around in and the 17' looks a lot larger than a 17' boat. Look before you leap is all I would say. Now G3 also has one almost exactly like my Lund and I researched it to death and felt better about the Lund since they have been making these for many many years and engineering deluxe. It was the 300 pounds heavier the G3 is that made me look as hard as I did. So there are aluminum boats that are also really good in the wind, maybe not quite as good as a really deluxe bass boat, but I trust my Lund in rough water or wouldn't have it on Toledo Bend as this lake can get really bad and dangerous!

Anyway what can it hurt to look?

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