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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | There's no comparison between the two. Glass wins pretty much every category hands down.
The new materials in glass boats today make them much more durable and increase their lifespan dramatically. The new resins and gel coats make the boats look new longer and the lack of wood makes them stronger, lighter and dramatically improves their lifespan. There's still quite a bit of wood in most aluminum boats. Wood=rot.
The ride quality between glass and aluminum doesn't even need to be debated.
As far as hitting rocks: DON'T! It doesn't matter what kind of boat you have, you're going to have problems. At least with glass the repairs are much more solid and most don't affect the performance. With aluminum, there are many repairs they can't make. Find username TECK and ask him what they said after his name brand aluminum boat cracked after trailering it down a bad road in Canada. Needless to say he's in glass now.
There's a reason why the industry is selling an increasing % of glass boats. |
