Great for reaching far-off back lakes that cannot be readily accessed by paddle alone.
My 16' Alumacraft will transport two 14' yaks along the port and starboard gunwales, with space to walk between them (if you're skinny - )
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fryfisherman10 wrote:you think it could haul a Ride, 2 Frenzies, and 3 teens under 160lbs?
Absolutely not! Two yaks, two peaple (one of which is driving), a cooler and fishing gear (which takes up a lot of room) will max-out the available space in my jon. It would take a big (wide) boat to even come close to handling three yaks, three passengers and their gear. However, one yak could be towed behind the jon; but be very careful attempting that trick.
With a jon boat, there is a weight capacity issue too. That weight includes the boat, the motor, the gear, the kayaks, and the people. It adds up quickly. Jon boats aren't the highest capacity boats out there.
fish0158 wrote:Thats a nice jon boat, would you PM me with how much that costed and where you got it all??
??? How much did what cost? The entire setup? Who knows!!!! Components were secured over an extended period of time from various souces - of which I retained no records. That's not a good practice, from an insurance policy standpoint.
Nueces Bay wrote:Here is a pic of a 17' jon loaded with 4 yaks.
cornwoody wrote:Some jon boats if they have floatation in the sides and floor have decent capacity like War eagles
Under-deck and side-wall floatation doesn't increase a boat's weight carrying-capacity - at least not during the boat's normal use. In fact, interior floatation material is nothing but ballast (although low in mass) until it actually displaces water; such as when a boat becomes swamped. In short, internal floatation material is basically a PFD for the boat.
T-Bart wrote:If a boat has low mass inserts, like a foam insert, wouldn't that increase the bouyancy and thus the carrying capacity?
Only if it normally displaces water, like foam pontoons on the outside of the boat. If the foam is inside the boat, it's just weight that you have to carry until you actually need it. Basically, if it's not lighter than air, it decreases buoyancy until it's submerged in water.
If not, here's a nuts-n-bolts excerpt: "The buoyant force on a submerged object is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced by the object. For (pure) water, with a density of one gram per cubic centimeter, this provides a convenient way to determine the volume of an irregularly shaped object and then to determine its density."
One more FYI: With all weight-factors being the same, a boat will float higher in saltwater than in freshwater because saltwater has greater density. Therefore, the boat needs to displace less saltwater than freshwater before it becomes buoyant.
yakkety yak wrote:Why go through all this trouble when it's so easy to tow yaks with a couple of ropes?
That's an easy question. I trailer my jonboat with the yaks already secured in their craddles. For me, it is MUCH easier, faster and more efficient to simply launch my jon at a ramp and then get outta the way of others; rather than launch the jon, unload the yaks from a truck-rack, and then go through the hassles (and extra ferry-time) associated with towing the yaks behind the jon.
Nueces Bay wrote:Here is a pic of a 17' jon loaded with 4 yaks. I also managed to fit 4 people in there also for a mothership ride to the far reaches of the bay. It was a tight sqeeze and a slow ride but it worked. Good times.
And the ride into the wind and chop was still way better then paddling!!
Nueces Bay wrote:Here is a pic of a 17' jon loaded with 4 yaks. I also managed to fit 4 people in there also for a mothership ride to the far reaches of the bay. It was a tight sqeeze and a slow ride but it worked. Good times.
And the ride into the wind and chop was still way better then paddling!!
Sheer freaking genius and determination. I wonder if a game warden could cite you for "being over the weight capacity" of you boat?
The really fun part was getting those four yaks back aboard on a hot summer day. Seemed so easy with people standing inside and outside the boat at the ramp...another story floating!
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