Reply With QuoteI also had a tracker and a boat should last more than 5 1/2 years,it,s now resting in a scrap yard cause I wouldn't sell junk like that to anyone except a scrap yard(and I'm not joking)Originally Posted by b-fishy
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I have an older 17.5 deep V Tracker Magna Fish. I bought it used but in great shape. It belong to the type guy that washed and waxed his boat and trailer every time it was used.. It is the first aluminum boat I have owned in 40 years and I really like it. Yes, it really blows around in the wind and takes some getting used to. I put a new MK w/co pilot V-2 on it and it does a good job. With me and my partner, (together we weigh in at over 500lbs) the 75 HP Mariner pushes it down the lake 43MPH. I am an old poot and my last fiberglass was a Stratos 17.5 with a 150 Hp. You either had to run almost flat out or at idle but this boat runs equally well at 20 MPH or 40.
I've never had it in really rolling water (KY Lake, wind from the north) but would bet a brown soda that it would handle it better than the Stratos! I will call.
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I also had a tracker and a boat should last more than 5 1/2 years,it,s now resting in a scrap yard cause I wouldn't sell junk like that to anyone except a scrap yard(and I'm not joking)
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for what its worth, I fished out of a Lund Pro V in windy conditions and it did pretty good. But I think it's a pretty heavy boat for an aluminum style. I also think they have a pretty good price tag to go along with it.
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I see a lot of negative comments about Tracker boats. *The truth is they are what they are, the most basic boat you can buy! *In my opion this makes it the most customizable boat you can buy!! *I considered the offset in prices between a lund, and other riveted hull boats. *The tracker won out mainly because I'm cheap, but also I was able to trade out things that I wanted to upgrade very easily, and with a credit. *I would advise calling around to different areas to check freight prices, I saved nearly a grand driving to Columbia from KC.
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I think "welded" is kinda like Kevlar. I had 2 Kevlar boats back in the 80's and they were strong as heck but they got their strength from the fact they would flex more than fiberglass. When the Kevlar would flex it would leave spider webs in the gel coat doing only cosmetic damage but you couldn't give a used one away.
Welded boats are the opposite. They can't flex like a traditional riveted boat so the only way to overcome the stress on the hull is for something to give and that usually will be a split along the strakes. Just an old geezers $.03.
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