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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | If that was the case, I would say it would be much more due to the operator than that of the boat. I've owned a few alumacraft boats and ridden in many many other brands, models, and designs... none...none of them ever felt like they were dangerous. If the boat felt like a barge, then it would not be the boat directly...it would be a bunch of aspects that can be tied to many different things...improper set-up (prop to motor being a likely culprit) improper driving (trim, speed, etc for conditions and direction of travel as it pertains to conditions). If properly set up and driven safely the hull should just cruise along at a nice speed and be easy to work with.
In all of the Alumacraft boat lines for the wider ones they design, the outside edges of the boat more or less level out, so it is not a reverse chine, so to speak, like Lund has on their rigs. What that reverse chine essentially does is help with lift of the boat out of the water and outside edge stability. There is no way the chine "directs" water into a boat...it's on the bottom of the hull. The side splash rails are designed to push water down and away from the boat, but over-driving the conditions will put water above those..especially if no trim is applied to the rig while on plane and one is overdriving the conditions and pounding the bow into waves.
A boat of that size properly driven in adverse conditions will ride well, for the most part stay dry (depending on direction of travel and conditions), and will perfrorm well. Over drive the conditions on any boat and it can be dangerous.
Steve
Edited by VMS 4/28/2017 12:47 PM
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