Alaskan boats

  • James Moore
    Posts: 8
    November 10, 2019 at 6:07 pm #1890107

    I just was given a boat. I can’t wait to get it out on the bay and go rock fishing along the edges of the bay. Its about 12-14′ long, I’m guessing. I didn’t have a tape measure. It says Alaskan on the side, but when I look up Alaskan, there seem to be many companies that have Alaskans. So Alaskan doesn’t seem to be a brand, maybe its a style?
    Is an Alaskan a style of boat? I don’t have any other information, and the boat itself is in another town until I get it home, so I don’t have it in front of me either. Need to learn more about boats

    Craig Sery
    Bloomington, MN
    Posts: 1204
    November 10, 2019 at 6:18 pm #1890110

    Could be a Lund Alaskan?

    James Moore
    Posts: 8
    November 10, 2019 at 6:19 pm #1890111

    Pictures don’t seem to want to post

    hawghunter08
    Posts: 86
    November 10, 2019 at 6:22 pm #1890112

    Possibly a smoker craft Alaskan. Several brands have had an Alaskan model over the years. I own a little 14 smoker craft Alaskan. Look up some pics online

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11660
    November 10, 2019 at 6:52 pm #1890114

    I don’t believe Lund made a 14 foot Alaskan. Smokercraft did. That would be my guess at what it is.

    Grouse

    Dutchboy
    Central Mn.
    Posts: 16658
    November 10, 2019 at 6:56 pm #1890115

    Would the manufactures name not be on the Coast Guard plate?

    James Moore
    Posts: 8
    November 10, 2019 at 10:56 pm #1890163

    Thanks guys. Dutchboy I don’t have it in front of me. I took pics, but didn’t think of that

    James Moore
    Posts: 8
    November 10, 2019 at 11:19 pm #1890168

    Lets try this

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    James Moore
    Posts: 8
    November 10, 2019 at 11:20 pm #1890173

    seems closest to a smoker craft, but the seat pattern doesn’t exactly fit any pictures I see. I wonder if its an older boat

    James Moore
    Posts: 8
    November 10, 2019 at 11:26 pm #1890174

    OK, I think its a Smoker Craft Alaskan Utility boat 12 TL

    James Moore
    Posts: 8
    November 10, 2019 at 11:29 pm #1890175

    I think it’s this

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    munchy
    NULL
    Posts: 4931
    November 11, 2019 at 5:06 am #1890192

    That yellow tag on the transom should tell you everything you need to know.

    SuperDave1959
    Harrisville, UT
    Posts: 2816
    November 11, 2019 at 8:43 am #1890214
    munchy wrote:

    That yellow tag on the transom should tell you everything you need to know.

    That tag peeled off my boat within a couple years. I can’t imagine that tag still being on a vintage boat.

    Huntindave
    Shell Rock Iowa
    Posts: 3088
    November 11, 2019 at 8:44 am #1890215

    The HIN is the only sure way to know who made the boat. The HIN is required to be stamped or permanently affixed to the transom on the starboard half.

    List of the assigned codes for boat manufactures.List of the assigned codes for boat manufactures.List of the assigned codes for boat manufactures.

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