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Riveted Boats - Pros/Cons Leaky?
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<blockquote data-quote="JLeephoto" data-source="post: 488241" data-attributes="member: 8856"><p>I’ve had a few of both. Most of the riveted boats in my area are significantly lighter than their welded brethren thus easier to handle and cheaper to power. </p><p>I also like that it’s relatively easy to fix something in my boat myself without taking to a welder. </p><p>A few years ago had two slowly leaking rivets in the bottom of mine which I use in saltwater BTW. I decided to try JB steel epoxy before buying a complete rivet set and to my surprise it’s held up fine for the last two seasons without a leak. </p><p>In your case I think the capacity and bottom width for stability will be much more important than rivets/weld. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JLeephoto, post: 488241, member: 8856"] I’ve had a few of both. Most of the riveted boats in my area are significantly lighter than their welded brethren thus easier to handle and cheaper to power. I also like that it’s relatively easy to fix something in my boat myself without taking to a welder. A few years ago had two slowly leaking rivets in the bottom of mine which I use in saltwater BTW. I decided to try JB steel epoxy before buying a complete rivet set and to my surprise it’s held up fine for the last two seasons without a leak. In your case I think the capacity and bottom width for stability will be much more important than rivets/weld. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro [/QUOTE]
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