Potter vs Tracker boats

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Generally, the above comments are right on. Trackers, you need to look at with a more careful eye. There seems to have been a whole lot of variation in build quality. Most seem to be fine, but I've seen one(a twenty) that was so cheaply built that even a minimal visual inspection would scare you.

I'm one of the two guys with broken stringers, a design flaw in a Potter era build, too wide spacing between bulkheads in the 25. It still took 40 years, plus rotten bulkheads, plus some rough seas, before the design flaw showed up. Its a strong boat, no matter who built it.