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as a diver i have been in and used juan for quite some time. ours was/is a 14ft avon w/wood floor. 1st dont get a wood floor. prone to crackage no matter what anyjuan says. get the aluminum floor and it will never split. to avoid your ass from being burnt to hell by sitting on alum floor place indoor/outdoor carpeting w/stickyback tape on it.
be damn smart loading juan with weight. equal all weight out. anything you place in it plan on going overboard sometime. in other words tie everything in.
they will flip in the event of wave action and wind getting underneath bow. ask me how i know..........one stormy monsoon day here we noticed, 2 kids stuck in bad storm w/lightning on a dead jet ski. i went out solo since my 26 ft boat was already on trailer to help them. grabbed them and hauled ass back to dock. dad pleaded with me he was still making payments on jet ski, so i went back out to retreive. on my way to floundering jetski, i hit wave and wind at the perfect moment and over i went.
this is why you tie everything in and WEAR YOUR DEADMAN CORD to kill engine. i had my uscg approved vest on and just grabbed side of avon and floated around until wind abated and another boat came over and we flipped it right side up. no harm no foul engine fired first pull. it was a johnson 25hp. 14ft with a 25hp will haul ass. about 12 inches draft makes for shallow water fun going up lil rivers and streams.
to be honest..........spring for a zodiac grand raid and whatever your wallet can afford engine. we went thru the inflate/deflate bs juan too many times. we finally got trailer and left it inflated. most fun for the buck bote out there. 50 hp you can ski juan easily.
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