If you really read/research or are around people that use aluminum boats a lot on big water, there's no shortage of transom and weld failures on aluminum boats. To me fishing on big lakes like Ky and Barkley and actually at one point having and running aluminum and glass at the same time, I would choose a glass boat every time. They are just more comfortable to ride in and are more stable and fish better with the trolling motor down. I am blessed to have a decent job and spend more time on the water than most but there is no way I would pay what they are asking for a new boat these days, glass or aluminum. The only caveat to that would be if you have enough money to buy a new boat with cash and not affect any of your other financial goals in life, then its a no brainer to buy one new with warranty on everything. If I was starting from scratch in my reality where I can't fork over $75,000 cash for a boat I would do my research and find a well cared for used glass boat that was constructed 100 percent from fiberglass and have it checked out by a mechanic you trust. I wouldn't buy a used boat from someone that wouldn't agree to let a mechanic check it and also probably more importantly, test run on the lake. There are quite a few problems that can't be seen with just a compression test or idling on the muffs. I would also try to buy it for a price that I could live with repowering when the motor does fail to a point it doesn't make financial sense to repair.Quote:
Originally Posted by claytonsdad
