There are plenty of horror stories about welded aluminum boats.

Starcraft boats welded or riveted. Look at any boat company that makes boats for walleye fishing and they are all riveted. Starcraft is leading the industry in quality and innovation with fun versatile boats that are well within reach. Duroboat Jun 22 2008 10.

Has a welded hull and lots of room William W Waseca MN. In the midst of the tour the Lund rep took pains to point out all the advantages of riveted construction over welded aluminum construction. See before and after.

July 11 2020 at 849 pm 1956551. Except for a welded seam down the keel a Lund is held together with rivets and screws. My previous boat was crestliner tiller welded.

Are Duranautic boats welded. I owned a Crestliner Sport Angler 1650 welded and that boat was always dry. Fiberglass Construction With four exclusive hull contours Starcraft painstakingly assembles every fiberglass boat to the highest of standards.

I have a great respect for Starcrafts construction and had the pleasure of restoring a 20 IO in 2003. I am not sure about Starcraft but most riveted boats put a mastic tape ie a thin sealing double sided sticky tape between an overlaping SEAM. 60 is too light for a 1675 I think.

If you want a good boat get a lund and riveted in my opinion is better than welded for the great lakes. Welded for the bigger aluminum boats and Durojoint for the smaller aluminum boats Tup. Riveted boats that have leaky rivets need the rivet reseated sometimes replaced.