Don't forget.... tin boats ARE containers - they contain anglers, rods and all their tackle......., they just don't usually have lids!!

have any of you looked at www.xpressboats.com

probably one of the best tin boat makers ive seen.  most owners who have had glass and then gone xpress state they will never go back.  then again its a personal preference.

Pasting the Periodic Table, Ray... That is awesome!  Cracked me up.

I actually thought of your point after I posted... so, yes, technically speaking, if we are to use definition 2a properly, we'd have to refer to the boats as just "tin" or "tin of flotation material" or something like that. Tin boat is not gramatically correct. I admit.

Well played, well played.

Let us go back to Sarge's definition, it contains the word "vessel".....http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vessel...... #2...

dat dar book o word meenings do mak a man smarter

Oh not so fast there Sarge,

If you would have read the definition completely you would have noticed that "tin" (definition 2a) was a generic term for a container:  "such as a container of any metal".  Like a tin of tomatoes.  Defintion 1 is the correct defintion of the Element Tin.

"a soft faintly bluish-white lustrous low-melting crystalline metallic element that is malleable and ductile at ordinary temperatures and that is used especially in containers, as a protective coating, in tinfoil, and in soft solders and alloys — see element table"

See the Table of Elements  as Webster suggested above (which I have attached) and notice Tin "Sn" has a atomic number of 50 and Aluminum is "Al" with the atomic number of 13.  Tin is a totally different element than Aluminum.  And, It's not used to make boats!


Lastly, for my final rebuttal, I will insert a quote from tracker boats:  "If you could peel back the hull of a TRACKER® boat, you'd see why they're so brawny and long lasting. Marine-grade aluminum forms the hull, longitudinal stringer system, compartment lids and the all-aluminum transom."
If a Tracker makes a "tin" boat why do they use the term "Marine-grade aluminum"???    

Okay who smacked who?

Ray  (all in good fun)  

all in all I am happy with my boat, but like most, I drool over the other guys when he blows past me on the water and the sparkle gets hit with the sun!

somehow I posted my last post before I was finished

woah, did he say "slimers"?? ewwwww.......

Rev, I agree with everything you said wholeheartedly, those are a lot of the reasons I went with aluminum, as well as what I was going to tow it with.  Another reason was I was used to them, we always used 18 or 20 ft John's when I was growing up and they usually had jets on them due to low water rivers.

No matter what you fish out of... the fisherman still has to catch em'.   ROGER THAT!!!!

Like I said, "A senko doesn't fall any differently in a fiberglass boat"!!!!  Happy Friday Gang!  Connor and I will be drifting the Yakima River this weekend fishing for "Slimers" with a "little ity bity 4 weight fly rod". Oh, one more thing, we're drifting in a FIBERGLASS BOAT.

I know one thing, my light "tin" Lund goes past the gas station a lot more than those with their 200 hp fiberglass monsters.  I don't go fast - but I go there economically.

Another thing - I beat the h*** out of my Lund, bump rocks, crash stumps, and just bang the dent out again.  Gel coat  isn't quite as forgiving and won't let you tread where aluminum boats are unafraid to go.  

And thirdly, if you hate wiping down your gelcoat, and polishing the shine every time you get out of the water - go with tin.  Some of us hate cleaning our boats (yes, some of us are pigs) - we just want to fish, not play Mr. Clean.

And lastly, our used tin boats tend to appeal to multi-species fishermen when we're ready to sell them.  My first flat bottom went to a duck hunter.  My Lund appeals to trout, salmon, and other slimmer species fishermen.  So they are easy to sell.  Fiberglass bass boats have to be sold to... bass fishermen only.

None of these are reasons to give up a fancy glass bassboat - I'm just highlighting some of the minor advantages to tin as I see it.

And years ago, (when I had time for one WBC tournament per year on vacation), I managed to put a couple of first place trophies on the wall - one at Banks, the other at Sprague.  No matter what you fish out of... the fisherman still has to catch em'.  

Yes, that is definitely a problem I have as well.  Someday I'll have the big glass boat and quad-cab 4x4 to haul it around with 

the only dissadvantage besides size (generally) that i see in my boat is that the wind blows that thing around like mad while fishing, and it makes you spend alot of time on the TM trying to keep proper boat position.

troy

Actually I don't feel disadvantaged with the Skeeter ZX-18 and 115 Yamaha on it, it runs between 42 and 50 MPH, depending on water conditions and how much gas I wanna burn.   I do realize I can't keep up with some of you but I'll just disconnect your trolling motor batteries before we leave so you can't fish my spot when you get there LOL

Before buying the Skeeter I thought seriously about going Tin myself. Less running and gunning and more focus on fishing a certain area well.

It would be cool if all us could only afford the tin boat. No disadvantaged fisherman.

My .02

Russ

SMITTY
AKA Dune Hopper

As Sarge pointed out, we bass fishermen are smarter then we give ourselves credit for.