Central mounted engine on Drift boat?

[Forelle]

I was on the American today and saw an aluminum drift boat or pram that had an engine mounted in the center of the boat...kindof like a drop centerboard on a sailboat. Anyone know who makes this kind of boat?

[slimfishin's]

I was on the American today and saw an aluminum drift boat or pram that had an engine mounted in the center of the boat...kindof like a drop centerboard on a sailboat. Anyone know who makes this kind of boat?

I've seen drift boats like that in the past. They have a "motor well" built into the hull, sort of like a deep set-back almost the middle of the boat. When not used, they can be covered and used as a seat. I don't know of anyone that is still making them, but I think Alumaweld and Fish-Rite used to build some like that. You might contact Koffler Boats to see if they can do them, as they do about the most custom built boats out there and can make anything you can dream up.