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On Nov 4, 10:19*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 18:03:08 -0700 (PDT), Jack
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On Nov 4, 8:53 pm, Gene wrote:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2010 17:27:27 -0700 (PDT), Jack
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On Nov 4, 3:38 pm, wrote:
On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:06:23 -0400, HarryK wrote:
Or he could get a boat that was designed to plane. I don't have much
sympathy for people that get one thng and then spend a lot of time and
money trying to make it work like something else. I don't care what
you do to a pontoon, any ordinary go fast boat will blow it away on
half the gas.


I have a pontoon and I agree with you. This is not supposed to be a
speed demon. I like mine because it is a very shallow draft boat with
lots of deck space and very low maintenance, Most pontooners have a
deck full of furniture and end up with a high maintenance boat you can
barely walk around in. They then want it to perform like a bass boat
so they end up putting huge engines on them. The one that really makes
me laugh is they also polish the toons to a mirror like finish. I
can't get them to say what percentage of the time they spend using the
boat vs working on their boat in the driveway. In that regard, fuel
consumption is probably not that big a deal. They only run them 20 or
30 hours a year. That is about a month for me and we are not getting
out as much as we used to.


The few I have seen out on the river here don't seem to "corner" too
quickly...and they seem to need a really wide area while on plane in
order to make a tight turn. Or maybe it's just an optical illusion..


Mine turns pretty quickly but I don't really go that fast.
I assume if you have strakes and a huge motor you could get pretty
squirrly in a turn but bass boats can have the same problem.


Again, for the 47th time, here's what a properly designed pontoon can
do. Mine is like the white one with the red stripe with the two
bucket seats up front. :-


http://www.pontoons.com/ptx_performa...vantage_video/


A rose by any other name.... it is a new take on the old cathedral
hull.....


Not quite... Have you ever ridden in a Premier? *That's like saying
every V-hull boat is just like every other V-hull. Which, of course,
we all know isn't true.


Glad I don't have a dog in this fight *;-)

http://gfretwell.com/electrical/The%20Butt%20Ugly.jpg


After re-reading my posts, I seemed a little... abrupt. Didn't mean
to. :-)

Cathedral hulls were OK on smooth water, but would beat you to death
with even mild waves or chop. Pontoons, even the tritoons with
strakes and such, have a very smooth ride through the rough stuff.
Until the wave height starts impacting the bow, it's the best ride on
the water.

Of course they have their limitations. And while having a fast
pontoon can be useful at times, it's not that practical in the long
run. No one really wants to sit there in a 40+ mph wind for long.

Greg, it looks like you have the ideal boat for sneaking around those
backwater mangroves. That sounds like fun!
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On Nov 4, 7:49*pm, L G wrote:
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On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:06:23 -0400, *wrote:


Or he could get a *boat that was designed to plane. *I don't have much
sympathy for people that get one thng and then spend a lot of time and
money trying to make it work like something else. *I don't care what
you do to a pontoon, any ordinary go fast boat will blow it away on
half the gas.


I have a pontoon and I agree with you. This is not supposed to be a
speed demon. I like mine because it is a very shallow draft boat with
lots of deck space and very low maintenance, Most pontooners have a
deck full of furniture and end up with a high maintenance boat you can
barely walk around in. They then want it to perform like a bass boat
so they end up putting huge engines on them. The one that really makes
me laugh is they also polish the toons to a mirror like finish. I
can't get them to say what percentage of the time they spend using the
boat vs working on their boat in the driveway. In that regard, fuel
consumption is probably not that big a deal. They only run them 20 or
30 hours a year. That is about a month for me and we are not getting
out as much as we used to.


The few I have seen out on the river here don't seem to "corner" too
quickly...and they seem to need a really wide area while on plane in
order to make a tight turn. Or maybe it's just an optical illusion.


Mine turns pretty quickly but I don't really go that fast.
I assume if you have strakes and a huge motor you could get pretty
squirrly in a turn but bass boats can have the same problem.


My mod-V bass boat slides in the turns. *It stays flat, much like a
pontoon. *I just have to slow down for a sharp turn.


It figures you'd own a faggot billy bob special....LMAO !!!!!!!
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On Nov 4, 8:27*pm, Jack wrote:
On Nov 4, 3:38*pm, wrote:



On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:06:23 -0400, HarryK wrote:
Or he could get a *boat that was designed to plane. *I don't have much
sympathy for people that get one thng and then spend a lot of time and
money trying to make it work like something else. *I don't care what
you do to a pontoon, any ordinary go fast boat will blow it away on
half the gas.


I have a pontoon and I agree with you. This is not supposed to be a
speed demon. I like mine because it is a very shallow draft boat with
lots of deck space and very low maintenance, Most pontooners have a
deck full of furniture and end up with a high maintenance boat you can
barely walk around in. They then want it to perform like a bass boat
so they end up putting huge engines on them. The one that really makes
me laugh is they also polish the toons to a mirror like finish. I
can't get them to say what percentage of the time they spend using the
boat vs working on their boat in the driveway. In that regard, fuel
consumption is probably not that big a deal. They only run them 20 or
30 hours a year. That is about a month for me and we are not getting
out as much as we used to.


The few I have seen out on the river here don't seem to "corner" too
quickly...and they seem to need a really wide area while on plane in
order to make a tight turn. Or maybe it's just an optical illusion.


Mine turns pretty quickly but I don't really go that fast.
I assume if you have strakes and a huge motor you could get pretty
squirrly in a turn but bass boats can have the same problem.


Again, for the 47th time, here's what a properly designed pontoon can
do. *Mine is like the white one with the red stripe with the two
bucket seats up front. *:-

http://www.pontoons.com/ptx_performa...vantage_video/


Only good for small Lakes. Rough weather would be ****ed on that junk.
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