I've had tow Alumacraft boats. I sold one, but kept the oldest one, which is a 1982 14' flat bottom. I don't believe you can go wrong if they're still building them like they used to. I've never had a rivet leak or a weld crack on mine. I've made it pretty rough on that old boat. I"ve even used it to break through two inch ice for several hundred yards while trying to get to a duck huntin' hole when the lake has been frozen.