Inflatables with folding aluminum floor.......... thoughts

[Darksith]

This one is pretty good value. I bought one lightly used from a friend. It flies with a 15hp 2-stroke.

I bet! It flies with a 9.9 as well. But if flying in its more about weight than speed.

[fuzzybiscuit]

One of our costumers bought an AB Profile A15 put a Yamaha 50HP Jet on it and he is happy with how it handles.
http://www.abinflatables.com/profess...ibs/profile-a/
He's taken it on the Chilcotin River, Chilco Lake and a bunch of other places.
AB also make shallow draft models with pretty heavy duty aluminum hulls that are suitable for rivers.
http://www.abinflatables.com/profess...bs/profile-as/
Some PVC boats are not too bad, but you have to maintain it well and keep it clean.

AB makes some beauty boats but I can’t see how the A15 would work well with a outboard jet. The dead rise and hull design go against most of what I’ve learned about outboard jets. To also own any outboard jet without a jet tunnel is a recipe for disaster unless all you run in are deep rivers or lakes. I’ve had one and the first thing to hit is the pump followed quickly by being off step and high and dry. 35hp at the pump would be pretty anemic for a boat that heavy too. Nothing sticks to rocks better than aluminum so some bottom protection in the way of Teflon or puck-board would be in order or you take the chance of it being opened like a pop can miles from nowhere.

I have no doubt AB could build you anything you want but by then a guy is out of the cheap, light-weight and portable inflatable river boat market.

[wildcatter]

AB makes some beauty boats but I can’t see how the A15 would work well with a outboard jet. The dead rise and hull design go against most of what I’ve learned about outboard jets. To also own any outboard jet without a jet tunnel is a recipe for disaster unless all you run in are deep rivers or lakes. I’ve had one and the first thing to hit is the pump followed quickly by being off step and high and dry. 35hp at the pump would be pretty anemic for a boat that heavy too. Nothing sticks to rocks better than aluminum so some bottom protection in the way of Teflon or puck-board would be in order or you take the chance of it being opened like a pop can miles from nowhere.

I have no doubt AB could build you anything you want but by then a guy is out of the cheap, light-weight and portable inflatable river boat market.

Well it does work and the buyer is still happy, I think he bought it about 4 years ago.
We had Galleon Marine install the engine, positioning is crucial.
Here is a picture, by the way it was a 40HP, not 50 as I stated before.

[ElectricDyck]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cgWqeXl_2bk

[silveragent]

Nice video and looks like certainly made use out of your boat. Why RIP though?

[ElectricDyck]

Nice video and looks like certainly made use out of your boat. Why RIP though?

Its a difficult story involving some commissioned fabrication work that didnt work out, I parted ways with the boat and am waiting on a Stryker RIb...