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You can pop rivet aluminum angle, channel, L or other to the ribs and screw into those. You can take no treated wood and fiberglass it - give it a covering of thinned FG resin (use acetone) so it will absorb, then sand and coat with regular FG resin. Should last about forever. Does get a...

LOL! You can get a new 10 ft for about $500 - maybe sell your 12 for $250-$300 and figure out a way to come up with the extra?

My dad removed the center seat in a 16 ft Lowe V - the floor flexed quite a bit an created all kinds of loose rivets - tried flaring them and after they started leaking again, put a 3 inch aluminum square tube down the keep and began using JB weld on the rivets. The seat is a support, you...

Where are you at? That makes a diff. https://www.theboatplace.net/new-boats/alumacraft/2018-alumacraft-mv1648-ncs-15/

That's a good general use boat for down here. You can get some flexible PVC and slot it, slide that on. You can also get some for the tubing they use for residential water lines, slot that and install. I can't think of anything else cheap & easy. Some folks use pool noodles but that might be...

Thanks, guys. I ended up ordering the Lund yesterday. 18 SSV and 60 hp.

I've got a 12 ft Sears - would put 2 2x4s on the top of my truck bed and put boat upside down on that. Then a guy gave me a nice trailer. Trailer is def easier if you have room for that.

Hello! I've been a lurker from time to time and a long time tin boat owner and user. Currently have a 12 ft Sears V w 9 hp mud motor and a 1998 16 ft Lowe w 25 Merc - boat has some transom pitting and leaky bottom rivets (father pulled seat to open up area and got a lot of flex over the...