rockdamage » Today, 19:16[/url]"]If you were to take one of those weldcraft SS (legend) boats and build it out of .080 it would weight about 150 lbs less. That equates into less fuel consumption, quicker planing times and better top speed. Another thing to think about is most boat manufacture's use a softer aluminum when building .100 bottom boats. Reason...... the amount of pressure it takes to press a 20ft keel in the bottom of the hull is increase exponentially when using the thicker .100 material (5005). The benefit of using .080 is the builder can use ( and does) a harder aluminum "5052" and still maintain superior strength.
moral of the story is these boats are almost even up as far as durability when it comes to hull thickness. If you want a durable boat you must go to the 6XXX series aluminum in .125 thickness. Few companies build this type of hull and the cost is double of the tin can hulls.
As far as legend having the best setups for river bass fishing...... Any local dealer can build the exact same setup as the weldcraft cookie cutter hulls. Blazer will build the same boat for far less money and you can design every aspect of the layout and before you let anyone tell you that one brand is any better than the other. Consider this, they are all flimsy tin cans with weld penetration of less than 60thousanths of an inch. One direct hit with a rock and they are all junk !!!!!!
