14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up
Discussion in ' Boat Design ' started by FarawayOct 28, Log in or Sign up. Boat Design Net. I'm looking to buy an 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up aluminum utility boat, about 14 feet, just to put a 9. They can order one, but 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up what is the appeal jons have with the 14 foot flat bottom jon boat trailer up buying public vs the V bottoms? I've found jons 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Type to be unstable on the water; more 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up likely to flip over if your weight shifts to one side.
I'm no fisherman, so 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up that's not a factor. I like the looks of the Lowewhich is modified V, 14 feet long and 67 inch beam. The day you buy it, it's worth drops to about 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up half that or less so I want to be sure I buy what I'll be happy. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. FarawayOct 28, Stu; How fast do you want to go?
The 9. At that speed the Jon is a rough rider. The vee layout is somewhat kinder 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up to the passengers. I think Jons were first contrived by a sheet metal guy who could rivet and weld. It is likely that he may not have had much knowledge of boat 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up design. Well, the Jon mortar box turned out to be a fairly practical boat for fishermen, trash collecters, cargo haulers and other functions.
The Jon has superior inerior space for a given length. They need not be tippy if they have sufficient beam at the chines. Problem is that 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up there are a lot of them that are pretty skinny. Here in Florida I see absurdities like 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up dimensions. I figure that those are the vehicles of potential organ donors. The 14 footers seem to have various dimensions on the bottom from 40" upward.
Forty inch chine beam will indeed seem kind of tender. There is 14 foot flat bottom jon boat trailer up engineering component involved 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up in making the bottom wider.
Simply stated there will need to be more reinforcement, frames, and perhaps thicker skin. Thus heavier. I would much prefer a vee bottom with rounded or beveled 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up chines. But similar rules apply when one considers stability. Wider is better but there are trade offs. Today I passed by a place that collects and sells used boats.
Sometimes taking them in for consignment sales. The guy has been in business for years. He used to have 30 to 40 boats in the 14 foot flat bottom jon boat trailer up. Today there 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up were probably 75 or. If that is any indication of what the market is doing, you can probably find some pretty good deals. Two grand for a 14 footer may be about right 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up for a new one but I'll bet I can find a decent used one for less than 14 Ft Flat Bottom Boat Trailer Locations Trouble with used ones is that most of them include a motor that jacks the price and you do not want that 30, 40, 50, HP beast.
In addition it will soon be winter in Kentucky and your bargaining power will increase in inverse proportion to the temperature. Great 14 foot flat bottom jon boat trailer up floating rivers. A lot better than 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up canoes in many cases. Ever get in a canoe and walk towards one end? Stability quickly disappears. A square boat is much more stable. The first boat I build was jon style canoe: 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up 16' x 2' bottom, 28" max beam.
Worked awsome for what it 14 foot flat bottom jon boat trailer up designed for: small, shallow rivers and creaks and small calm lakes. I could jump out for a swim in the middle of a lake and get back in over the side more easily than I could in a 17'x48" aluminum canoe, and even easier 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up I could climb in over the bow or stern with no trouble at all.
It also handled shallow rivers better than the canoe. But with any chop it pound, but all I had to do was heel it over a little. Makes it easier to paddle anyway, but not so good with a motor. Flat bottom and square ends is as stable as a basic 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up monohull gets when stitting still, the pointy end is for splitting larger waves. How shallow are you 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up going to go? It can be cool to go places that most wouldn't consider taking a boat, but if you go more normal places a v bottom will ride 14 foot flat bottom jon boat trailer up. Flat bottom is more stable if you want to walk around, especially at the bow.
Most of these boats are used for fishing and hunting, and 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up they are perfect for that in their intended environment. Thanks fellows, you've both told me exactly what I was hoping to hear! I've never been a fan of flat bottom jons. I do now recall the last time I rode in one on plane in a slight 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up chop--it beat us to death.
I swear, I was 2 inches shorter when I got off 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up that boat. I love the idea that the jon boat was an invention of a guy with some sheet metal and a welder. I have some old photos of my dad and grand 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up dad fishing from an old hand made wooden jon boat out on Lake Cumberland KY with just 2 oars back about Today, I looked at a hybrid sort of thing. IT was an aluminum 14 foot boat made by Alumacraft that is a cross between a flat bottom, square nosed jon, and a modified v boat.
The nose is still squared off at the top but forms a shallow V that runs about half way to the transom. Same nice wide 40 inch wide bottom, though slightly sloaped in to the keel, and still 70 inch beam.
It was much heavier than other jons I've looked at too, weighing in around pounds. That 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up might be a good weight for my Johnson 9. I'd like the name of the place you mentioned Messabout, that sells used boats.
I love a good road 18 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Valve trip with a purpose. To go pick up a boat is an excellent reason to hit the road for a Trailer Flat Foot Jon Bottom Up 14 Boat few days if I can get a deal. But, you're right, most boats are with motor, and most motors on used boats should be dropped overboard in deep water. That's what I did with my very first boat's motor. I was about 19 and Id bought 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up a 12 foot alum. The old 10 horse Merc. I launched the boat in the Kentucky 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up River and of course, the motor fired right up and off we went downstream for about 10 miles.
That was the last voyage of the prehistoric Merc. I busted both oars on the 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up motor cover and it still wouldn't restart. Yes, there was some beer consumption involved. I 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up unscrewed the motor clamps, unhooked the fuel line and dropped the damned old motor overboard where 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up I'm sure it settled down into 6 feet or so of mud muck at the bottom of the river. Too bad they went broke. They made 14 foot flat bottom jon boat trailer up outboards.
I'm rambling. I'm. I know for a stone fact Cumberland Lake is foot deep, we lost a barge out of tow one night when I was working for Ingram Barge years ago and we found it, come daylight, because the bow void compartment had 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up 14 foot flat bottom jon boat trailer up its hatch dogged down and thus hadn't filled with water; the barge was resting with its stern on the bottom and the bow was sticking up out of the water about a foot and half or two foot.
You lose a smidgin on the top 14 foot flat bottom jon boat trailer up in glassy water 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up but the tradeoff is that you don;' shake the change out of yer pocket in the mildest of chop. Be careful about making blanket statements concerning jon boats I'm running a foot mod-V flat-bottom jon boat with a inch bottom and she is extremely stable.
She runs and 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up can get up on plane in less 14 foot flat bottom jon boat trailer up a foot of water has a pocket tunneland can run in six inches of water once on plane.
I, with my lbs. Because of her length, narrow hull and heavy build, she'll handle chop without beating you to death. She doesn't really start to pound until you get into three-footers, and even then it's not bad.
Power is a Merc 4-stroke, can still get on plane with a dozen people aboard and a custom prop. You must log in or 14 Foot Flat Bottom Jon Boat Trailer Up sign up to reply. Show Ignored Content.
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