Aluminium vs Fiberglass small fishing boats? Which is better for off-the-grid camping and fishing?

Jun 23, 2007 by javaxcx | Posted in Boats & Boating

I've been looking around for a small, 12-16' fishing boat to use for camping far up north. I've heard fiberglass breaks easily if we accidentally hit rocks or ground it onto a beach. Do they? Or should I shell out more for an aluminium boat? I'm trying


Aluminum, aluminum, aluminum. What more can I say.
1) It's easier to patch IF you get a hole.
2) It will bend before it breaks.
3) It's so much lighter weight.
4) You can beach it many times over without worrying about

John | Jun 23, 2007

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If you want a boat with no problematic maintenance issues, petrol powered stern-drives and outboards, as well as economical and reliable boating ? choose Arvor.

Frank Collins was a keen yachtsman, and in 1978, a Renault car dealer in Sydney. With a marine background and a career in engineering, it was inevitable that Collins would break in to the world of marine diesel engines.

In 1983, Renault in France quit the marine market to concentrate on the automotive market. Renault Marine Diesel was sold to Nanni Diesel Engines. With only a change of name, the same staff produced the same engines in the same factory based in Bordeaux.

Peter Collins joined his fathers company in 1984, and in 1989 the automotive business was sold with all efforts being placed on the Marine division. The successful company then decided to break into boat building. It was then that Arvor boats of France started to develop diesel shaft drive vessels. The first vessel was the Arvor 20.

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