The third commonality is their propulsion. Both types are propelled and maneuvered by oars, although certain exceptions do apply. A drift boat is a flat-bottomed boat made from aluminum, wood, or ...

It might be made of aluminum, fiberglass or wood, but the distinctive shape of a McKenzie River Drift Boat is unmistakable — it looks a bit like a giant banana. What I didn’t realize until ...

It might be made of aluminum, fiberglass or wood, but the distinctive shape of a McKenzie River Drift Boat is unmistakable — it looks a bit like a giant banana. What I didn’t realize until ...

If you’ve ever traveled to a boat ramp in Oregon, chances are good that you’ve laid eyes on a style of boat used the world over to fish and run whitewater rivers. It might be made of aluminum ...

“We are the only polymer drift boat manufacturer,” Hanson ... The polymer boat is much quieter and smoother than fiberglass or aluminum boats. “It is so much lighter and higher in the ...

For two Colorado companies trying to survive among the giants of drift-boat manufacturing ... advantage in weight – 25 percent lighter than fiberglass and 35 percent lighter than aluminum.

Seconds earlier, as he towed one of his handcrafted wooden drift boats to ... plywood overlaid with fiberglass and coated with marine epoxy. The bottom of the boat is made of a ¾-inch thick ...

Seconds earlier, as he towed one of his handcrafted wooden drift boats to ... plywood overlaid with fiberglass and coated with marine epoxy. The bottom of the boat is made of a 3/4-inch thick ...

They spend most of their days in a workshop that smells faintly of chemicals, learning the intricacies of building rock-hard fiberglass drift boats to exacting standards. They’re in training ...

He decided to build a wooden drift boat and pilot it down the Class V ... Greg Green told me that he had indeed rowed a fiberglass dory, built by New River Dories, down the Upper Gauley a few ...