ok fellas i'm in the market for a do all fishing jon boat from 1 acre lake to 300 acre lake. between the sea ark 1648 mv special vs alweld 1648 vv marsh for build quality, stability, longevity? the sea ark is a bout 130lb lighter which would help in launching it into a small pond that i can't back down to.

thanks,

Big Ed

If you are hand launching I would definitely opt for the lighter one 

I don't think that you could go wrong with either one. They're both great boats. My future son in law works for Sea Ark.

SeaArk makes a beast of a hull.

Alweld has an excellent reputation for stability, strength, & handling.

 

I fish out of a Alweld 1652VJT, the VJT is a VV Marsh series with a tunnel hull.

 

The SeaArk is lighter because it doesn't have welded in full flooring & sides covering all the ribs.

 

You would have to look at the Alweld SS package.