Gene makes a good point, if you plan to be on a windy lake,glass would sit with a lower profile than some tin boats.
I personally have tin, for lots of reasons,(2002,Pro deep V 16)
AFFORDABILITY,although in your case the prices would be closer,
TOW-ABILITY, lighter total package weight, cause I don't have one of them big pick em up trucks or suv's. (conversion van with 6 cyl.)
SAFETY, having a couple younger kids, I like them being "down in" the boat rather than "up on" the boat,
THE WATERS I use it on, a river, some power plant cooling lakes that can get ROUGH, and a few other lakes that are to be honest, too small to bother with going 60+ mph on.
In all fairness, I've seen both tin and glass on all waters I fish.
While I occasionally join in FOR FUN, the tin vs glass debate, both boats have good things going for them.
As someone, Rob?, mentioned above, the 2003's are now welded and not riveted, mine's a 2002 so it's riveted, no leaks yet, and actually, I've seen quite a few 20,30, even older riveted tin boats still going strong, although one's a rowboat, lol. Bottom line, pick the boat YOU want, don't worry, the glass guys'll get over it eventually, hehe egMike