Wild, I never said that you can't weld aluminum.
I said their is places you can't weld.
On fully welded hulls. The the ribbing is precisely at point where the boat gets it's
max flex, with out compromizing the integrity of the welds.
When the first aluminum rivet jon boat was designed, it went from paper to use in four weeks.
Since then all rivet boats have been built much the same.
Where the brake throughs came from the grade of aluminum,rivets and sealent, and don't
forget about auto-cad.
The testing on welded aluminum has not stop to this present day.
Up to not long ago most boats that where welded cracked some where.
Don't get me wrong.
I'm not against welded. At todays standerds I would buy one,
It' just I fish open water in the dead of winter. I have hit alot of ice.
I would perfer to knock out a couple of rivets or bend a plate. then to get a crack or rip a
weld out.