2026 Alumaweld Free Drifter 18 Base

2026 Alumaweld Free Drifter 18

Depending on where you're from it may be called, "free drifting", "side-drifting", "dragging", "rolling shot" or "boon-dogging". These techniques that require critical boat control, perfect balance and a boat that responds immediately to your commands. The 6° whitewater bottom vee married to Alumaweld's exclusive performance Path Lifting Strakes™ enable the Free Drifter to drift into shallow tailouts and plane quickly with minimal bow rise. Wide tackle trays are perfect for storing rods. The forward fuel tank position enhances the Free Drifter's balance which is essential for proper control and the open design allows complete freedom of movement for casting.

Call it what you like, but free-drifting is here to stay and has exploded in popularity. Alumaweld worked closely with some of the top experts in the field to create the ultimate ride for the application. The response? A tailored design and new series appropriately named, the Free Drifter

Features may include:

• HEAVY DUTY .160 bottom and .125 sidewall thickness

• Prop or jet power…you choose!

• Engineered chine & bottom design assures dry ride

• Wide, deep, stable, secure

• Generous storage

• Two folding seats on aluminum boxes

• Depth Finder Boxes (port/starboard)

• Aluminum transom rigging compartment with door(s) and floor drains

• Foredeck storage locker with locking door

• Full length storage trays

• Wide transom tray

• Extended step deck with storage and fish box

• Five switch panel with fuses, dual USB port, and 12-volt outlet

• Aluma-coat interior

• Full outside paint (single color/single stage) with vinyl graphics

• Armor Tech™ premium floorboards with Dura Tuff™ non-skid vinyl covering

• Under floor protective coating

• Four lifting / turning strakes

• Electric bilge pump

• Above floor fuel tank with gauge

• U.S. Coast Guard approved flotation (18')

• Continuously welded box girder construction

• Four weld-on gunnel cleats under coaming

• Full coaming

• Rod grippers

• Running lights

• Slotted chine and gunnel extrusions

• Straight transom

• Two bolt-on transducer brackets

• Weld-on cast aluminum stern eyes

• Weld-on cleat on inner foredeck

• Weld-on double bow eye

• Exclusive lifetime warranty