I am in the market for a new (used) drifboat and want glass should I get a Clackacraft or a Lavro for a good all around boat but I want it to be durrable and tips when buying one would also be very helpfull ie Thanx

My first drift boat was a Lavro and wish I had not sold it in order to get my new alumaweld.

take a good look at a glass Hyde before you make your choise

I've owned 2 ClackaCraft's over the years, they are great boats!! Their new tunnel hull is one of the best ideas yet, it tracks true, and rows like a dream. By far the best rowing DB I've ever rowed, and I've been rowing them for over 30 years.

what about a combo hyde skydriftn? They got good used deals on therer web site

ClackaCraft's are good boats!

Lavro been berry berry good to me.
To me they are the Checker Cab of driftboats. I'm still using one I bought in '83. Mine's been through three motors, two trailers and too many anchors, oars and rivers to count and it's still barking at the door when I throw a vest on.
I don't think you can go wrong with either but Ron puts out a quality product with performance and durability at the top of his list. His chines are everything he says they are. Many of my hard core tin-can buddies used to laugh at this little glass boat on some of the rivers we floated. They're not laughing now. Some of them are salvage and a couple are still wearing permanent smiles from the rock gardens we went through. No boat is indestructible but it's nice to have the advantages of glass and the durability of aluminum where it really counts.

Smooth driftin'.

I've had a Lavro for about seven years now and have given it a lot of work (abuse?). It has held up just fine. I would highly recommend one. The Lavro shop is only about 90 minutes from Wenatchee, why not check it out?

I have a 1986 16' lavro and so far it has been a great boat slides over rocks very nice when launching and rows easy. I am the second owner of the boat and the original owner wishes he never sold it.

I have a 2000 hyde combo 16x55 oars anchor and built in heaters with a galvanized trailer,and all the dry storage you could possilbly want.asking 4400.00.253-843-9510

LAVRO

Lucrative And Venturous Rowing Opportunities

HYDE

Have You Dialed Emergency

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I've owned both. They are both good boats, but the Lavro was finished a lot nicer. The Clackacraft was an '85 or so, and the shop was young then - they may do a nicer job now.

What I mean by this is the Clack had some rough saw edges on the edge of the seats and such. Nothing that would impair the function, but it just wasn't as nicely done a boat.

I don't think there is enough difference between the handling of the two boats to worry about. They're both fine, but neither rows as nicely as a Tracy O'Brien wooden boat my friend and I made that we had before the Lavro. I suspect that was due to the sharper chines and light weight of the wood boat. It was also smaller, which is why we got the lavro.

Leadthrower, you seem to have a BIG voice on this topic for someone with very Little experience here

I have a Lavro and I love it. I had a unknown Lavro knock-off before that didn't really compare. I beleive the Lavro is built to handle more punishment than the other glass boats. I also think you can move around the river better than the others.

Craig

Skydriftn

I was just playing with ya; it's like the Chevy versus Ford argument, fun to razz the opposition. Little experience on pulling them plugs and rowing, yup you got that right. I was counting on you for some plug pulling lessons.

We can take my boat :p

ive had both, seen the lavro fly like a kite off a 100' cliff when the lowering rope snaffued, it smashed agianst the rocks and sustained some pretty good damage, it was glassed up and its still going... tough boat...i would get whatever you find first

You have to like a glass boat that lasts 20 plus years. I love my Lavro, its seen a lot of miles, one feature above the clakacraft is the fact that you can lock a 8.5 foot casting pole in the front seat. That is great if your fishing by yourself and you have to run shuttle on the mini bike.