Poly boat

[manchild]

Steve if you after practicality and toughness go for the poly ,there is nothing even comes close.On the other hand if looks is more important go glass.I choosed mine for for above reasons and its served me well.I think i would have sunk a few tinnies by now with the same treatment.Never mind those wheelie bin comments,after all my DOGDISH IS MADE OF TIN
CHEERS
George

[juju]

I looked at one...then went alloy....just didnt excite me.....they reckon that they are tough as nails...depends i suppose on how you want to treat it.....you might enjoy belting it with a hammer....something the owners always seem so proud to tell you

[manchild]

Juju its about breamfishing close to rocks and/or on top of rocky bottom in shallow water.The hammertest is just showing its toughness and its silly a little bit,altough you welcome to a comparison test any time.

[Spaniard_King]

We use a couple of pollies at my(comercially used boats in survey) work for there easy on staff. They are a good thing but I have a problem with anything that is mounted on the boat. Here is a test for you.. get a screw and screw it into your wheely bin then get some pliers and rip it out,, this is the problem. Everything in a polly boat "SHOULD" be bolted with nut and bolt, not screwed in. IMO it will only be a matter of time before screws pull out. Next time you look at the polly think about how you can bolt stuff in.. then count up how many spin offs you will need to gain acces to the nuts

Garry

[manchild]

Thanks Garry ,what screwes was used ?So i can avoid them in the future.So far so good on mine.Sorry about hijacking your thread Steve by the way.
George

[Spaniard_King]

manchild,

we used 316 pan head and csk 8,10 and 12 gauge screws which all pulled out eventually. Don't forget our boats are comercial boats in the sense they are not worked hard but are used by a lot of different people and animals You really need to bolt everything in these boats.

Garry

[billfisher]

I use self tapping screws on a lot of my fittings on my poly. No problems so far. The plastic actually grips the screw and so makes a very strong connection. I have a couple of rod holders on the bow mounted more or less horizontally. I clipped the wharf one day comming back in with one of the rod holders. I put a good bend in the S/S screw but there was no sign of it comming out of the poly!

I spoke to someone who saw a demonstration at Polycraft of a car being lifted of the ground, support by a piece of poly with just two tapping screws connecting it to the car.

[rumy1]

"I spoke to someone who saw a demonstration at Polycraft of a car being lifted of the ground, support by a piece of poly with just two tapping screws connecting it to the car."

I have saw the same test as above !!!

I have a glass boat and have to check the screws all the time, I suppose most people conduct checks all the time ? Part of owning boats isn't it ?
Anyways, I was going to get a 5.3 poly but because there is very little storage room in them and I wasn't really fused on the look of the cuddy version I bought a glass boat ..... plus my missus up'ed my budget by $10 000 .... what a great wife !
What ever boat you get you'll love it ..... just don't scrimp on the motor and be under powered ! More power means more fun ! I had a Cruisecraft 4.75 Regal with a 60 2st on the back ... 19knots flat out ...... so slow ! Now I have a Haines Signature 5.42 with a Suzuki 140 .....it flies and I love it !

[phewy]

This the one guys??

[ozscott]

I wondered about repairs to polyboats. For example when you remove things and want to fill holes, do you have to live with sikaflex or can you do a hard fix using fiberglass bog?

[bay_firey]

ozscott

Little bit of the poly and apply some heat and the whole is gone

[ozscott]

sweet........