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Location: Tennessee | Glaucus_ - 8/8/2017 10:39 AM
Serious question:
What makes the Tuffy "tough as hell" build quality functionally different from other fiberglass boats? I get that they might use a different process with kevlar developed for non-boat applications. And, how does this matter in a "it makes the boat better" kind of a way? It's not like Recons or Rangers or Skeeters or Champions (or whatever) are out there breaking their hulls or transoms...
Steve answered much better than I could from a technical/engineering perspective. But I've spent a whole lot of time in an Esox LTD that's used/abused and keeps on ticking. By that I mean it's been ran in shallow rivers and nailed many many floating and submerged objects, nailed docks, beached on rocks to the point there's quite a sizable hole in the keel yet it still floats, we've been swamped by pleasure boats to the point the water was literally up to the decks and floating the fuel tank, the top cap/rail is missing pieces, the corner caps are busted, its never had a transom saver used, and it's always stored outside and he usually leaves the drain plug in perpetually so it stays full of water. Yet despite all the years of abuse it can still outrun anything short of a bassboat and outfishes any other muskie boats I know. |
