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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Apr 2008
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Trailering a pontoon boat
On Sun, 11 May 2008 04:16:50 -0400, wrote:
On Sat, 10 May 2008 17:15:52 -0400, HK wrote:
On Chesapeake Bay, where I mostly boat now, pontoon and tri-toon boats
are rare
I would put a 20' pontoon in the same "rough water" class as a 17-18'
flats/bass boat.
I agree neither is up to boating in the Chesapeake. I always
considered 22' deep vee about the minimum there unless you were
willing to wait for the occasional slick calm day.
Pontoons do just fine on the Gulf side of Florida ... a lot calmer
than the C bay.
I had a 21'er used in the Bay a lot. The days when it was too rough for fun
were the exception. I'm hoping to get about the same amount of use, maybe a
little less, with the 18'er.
I once had a little 15' Boston Whaler CC. It spent a lot of Sundays
cruising around from Sandy Point to Annapolis.
But, there were very few days that I'd have taken a pontoon boat into the
bay, and I don't recall ever seeing one in the bay.
--
John *H*
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