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Stability of a jon 1232 and other basic newbie ?'s
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<blockquote data-quote="bobberboy" data-source="post: 340450" data-attributes="member: 1417"><p>Years ago my brother and I spent hundreds of hours fishing out of a 12' Lund V-hull with a 5hp motor. It fit into the back of the pickup easily and was fine in moderate wind/waves and boat traffic. Later I bought a 1232 jon for the same reasons you cite but decided I didn't want to watch my gear etc. sink to the bottom. One time a large speed boat did a slow turn around me creating a tsunami. Usually if you turn into the wake and power up the boat will ride the crests and aside from getting splashed and an increased heart rate, no harm done. In this case I wasn't quick enough and as the boat tipped down from the crest of the first wave the second came over the front of the boat. It was a near thing and made me decide to get a larger boat. If you could control the conditions on the lake you'd be fine but there are a lot of rude (and often drunk) boaters on the lake and they'll do a lot of scary things without regard to those around them. I like jon boats because they can go places others can't but there is a down side as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobberboy, post: 340450, member: 1417"] Years ago my brother and I spent hundreds of hours fishing out of a 12' Lund V-hull with a 5hp motor. It fit into the back of the pickup easily and was fine in moderate wind/waves and boat traffic. Later I bought a 1232 jon for the same reasons you cite but decided I didn't want to watch my gear etc. sink to the bottom. One time a large speed boat did a slow turn around me creating a tsunami. Usually if you turn into the wake and power up the boat will ride the crests and aside from getting splashed and an increased heart rate, no harm done. In this case I wasn't quick enough and as the boat tipped down from the crest of the first wave the second came over the front of the boat. It was a near thing and made me decide to get a larger boat. If you could control the conditions on the lake you'd be fine but there are a lot of rude (and often drunk) boaters on the lake and they'll do a lot of scary things without regard to those around them. I like jon boats because they can go places others can't but there is a down side as well. [/QUOTE]
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