I have a 2000 Skeeter SX17 Aluminum that cracked at the welds where the sides meet the bottom from the beating it takes in rough water. I thought I could take it in for a quick weld job and it would be alright. The guy that welded it managed to catch the boat on fire! What was suppose to be a one day job turned into 6 weeks before I got the boat back after their insurance replaced everything. 2 weeks later the weld cracked again. Still looking for someone to add braces to it and reweld it, in the mean time it's patched up where I can fish.