I had a 16' Willie Wide Guide drifter. 9' Sawyer counter-balanced oar. These are the best drift boats made. The only downfall, aluminium is noisy hitting rocks. The upside is, they don't crack when they hit the rocks unlike fiberglass.
Fiberglass will have tiny little fractures and water will seep into and if your boat is out where it is subject to the elements which means freezing, those little fractures have a tendency to expand.
Now that Willie, no need to fear that and it only drew a couple of inches of water. On a lake, with no wind, I could move more than the length of the boat per pull on the oars.
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