Very familiar with Clark Boats. My son has one and there's several others in the area. Mostly used for duck boats around here. They're all flat bottom and I'm looking for Vee'ed.
I'll look ay Kann. Haven't heard of them. There's also AAD boats but their build time might be longer than I want to...
Examples of a coast guard bow can be found on this link. The boat made for Richard Porter is similar to the hull I am considering.
https://63.247.138.178/~oquawkaboats/index.php/main/forum/images3/fish
Appreciate the thoughts. Advantage I am looking for (and why I am looking at a plate boat) is the unimproved ramps I deal with. No matter how careful I am the hull and keel take a beating. Boat has to beached on rocky rubble strewn banks.
I am considering a custom plate boat with roughly the following specs:
17' length
60" bottom
24" sides
80"beam
12 degree dead rise
.190 thick aluminum sides & bottom
Coast Guard bow
Expecting to power with a 70HP Yamaha TILLER.
Sizing this for garage fit as well as fishability. But having...
Looking for some of the rubber material to use on splash guards similar to what White Cap splash guards use. I've got welded aluminum splash guards on the boat but need to cover a space of about 5" on either side of the engine.