Originally Posted by
Watto79
To Tunaticer who disagrees with my post..
Please feel free to comment..
I have had 4 pressed tinnies of differing brands during my time and all have cracked and been repaired (by different repair places), the 4.3m clark that I have has done a lot of offshore work off the Sunny coast/Moreton and was probably the one I thought was constructed the strongest of them and was repaired by more than one reputable alloy welding place.
It was bought in 1996 and is still going, I just have stopped welding it and no longer take it to offshore..
From my experience they continue to crack, you weld them up and sooner or later another stress crack will form either in or around that weld which I guess makes sense as it is effectively weaker in that area..
As stated above they have a shelf life unfortunately, plate alloy is another kettle of fish but pressed boats I am happy to stick by my word..