Alumaweld Columbia or Alumaweld Super V Pro

[WoolyRunner]

Which one would you order? Anyone willing to tell me their experiences? Mainly fishing Cowlitz, Chehalis, Willapa Bay, & Grays Harbor. Im leaning tward the Columbia. I like the taller sides.

What about you?

[huntnnw]

you will get alot of feedback on this on the ifish forum

[hollymaster]

What's the degree of vee on the columbia?

[h2ofowlr]

Derived from Alumaweld’s Super Vee professional series, the Columbia provides taller sides, allowing more free board and a deeper vee bottom for exceptional comfort, including a Ride Master Vee (RMV). The RMV allows use with either a jet or prop configuration. The Columbia features more storage in the step deck, more room with the 2/3 Pro Transom, and delivers the ultimate ride as it cuts through the chop, keeping you and your passengers dry.

Fair amount of info about the Columbia.  I would head down to 3-Rivers in Woodinville and check them out.  Should give you a good idea of what your looking at.  The 33" sides are a good option if you fish down river.  Sounds like they received a lot of feedback from guides and people that fish calm one day and chop the next.  Newer hull design to ride and cut through the water better.  I think I would personally be leaning towards this model from what I have seen and read about it.  It's a very versatile open boat.

[WoolyRunner]

I think a 14 degree hull.

[mallard79]

Super vee if you want to run shallow.

[WSU]

It really depends on if you plan to focus on bigger water (GH, Willapa, Columbia) or skinnier water. 

[WoolyRunner]

Cowlitz is about the only place where Id encounter skinny water. Does anyone know if Alumaweld would put higher sides on a Super V?

[Tealer]

A Columbia won't run shallow. It's not going to be great on the cowlitz. Super Vee's were designed for guides to run super shallow with ease. The only problem is you will eventually bust the floor welds or the transom out of a super vee. I have spent the last three years in and out of various Super Vee's ever one of them has busted welds.


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[WoolyRunner]

How do you bust welds?

[Tealer]

Easy. The Super Vee's flat bottom slams in anything but flat water. Fatigue leads to flex to busted welds. One of my friends (not a guide) blew all his floor stringer welds in one B10 season. I haven't heard of a columbia doing it yet, they are built different and with more v to them they might be ok.

All that said I'm hoping to be having a 25' Columbia ordered up by the end of the summer. I can't afford a 'custom' boat.


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[hollymaster]

Easy. The Super Vee's flat bottom slams in anything but flat water. Fatigue leads to flex to busted welds. One of my friends (not a guide) blew all his floor stringer welds in one B10 season. I haven't heard of a columbia doing it yet, they are built different and with more v to them they might be ok.

All that said I'm hoping to be having a 25' Columbia ordered up by the end of the summer. I can't afford a 'custom' boat.


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I guess if your running too hard on it. 8 years and still trouble free for me, B10 to Cowlitz to everything in between.

[h2ofowlr]

Easy. The Super Vee's flat bottom slams in anything but flat water. Fatigue leads to flex to busted welds. One of my friends (not a guide) blew all his floor stringer welds in one B10 season. I haven't heard of a columbia doing it yet, they are built different and with more v to them they might be ok.

All that said I'm hoping to be having a 25' Columbia ordered up by the end of the summer. I can't afford a 'custom' boat.


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There is you tube video showing a guys 25' Columbia with the Mercury Verado on it.  One nice looking set up.  You planning on guiding full time?

[Tealer]

Easy. The Super Vee's flat bottom slams in anything but flat water. Fatigue leads to flex to busted welds. One of my friends (not a guide) blew all his floor stringer welds in one B10 season. I haven't heard of a columbia doing it yet, they are built different and with more v to them they might be ok.

All that said I'm hoping to be having a 25' Columbia ordered up by the end of the summer. I can't afford a 'custom' boat.


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There is you tube video showing a guys 25' Columbia with the Mercury Verado on it.  One nice looking set up.  You planning on guiding full time?

That is the plan. I plan to guide the Columbia River for salmon maybe steelhead and divers/sea ducks. I'd never use a black motor though I'm partial to Yami's.


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[Tealer]

Easy. The Super Vee's flat bottom slams in anything but flat water. Fatigue leads to flex to busted welds. One of my friends (not a guide) blew all his floor stringer welds in one B10 season. I haven't heard of a columbia doing it yet, they are built different and with more v to them they might be ok.

All that said I'm hoping to be having a 25' Columbia ordered up by the end of the summer. I can't afford a 'custom' boat.


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I guess if your running too hard on it. 8 years and still trouble free for me, B10 to Cowlitz to everything in between.

Ever pulled your floor up?


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