On Apr 11, 12:03*pm, "mmc" wrote:
"Jack" wrote in message

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On Apr 10, 6:31 pm, "mmc" wrote:





"Jack" wrote in message

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On Apr 10, 5:08 pm, "mmc" wrote:

A pontoon does have a step but you can't really call it planing.

Ever seen one of these?http://www.pontoonwaterglide.com/
Not cheap but pretty interesting.

That's a lot cheaper than the 3rd pontoon option when buying a new
boat. Looks like it would give you some, but not nearly all of the
benefits as well. But if you had an older 2 toon boat you were happy
with and just wanted to upgrade on the cheap, I could see it.

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I watched the before/after vid and it looked good. Then I watched the vid
again on the PTX, man that thing is awesome! Maybe mine could be "almost
awesome" or "semi-awesome" with the $1,800 kit :-} Or at least enough to
keep the kids awake.
'Course, I'd probably also have to step up from my 50hp 2 cycle.....

I just went back to the site and watched the videos. *It's pretty
impressive! *I have a friend who will be interested in that... I'm
betting he'll have one by mid-summer after he sees the video.

But right now I'm headed out to the lake. *Another couple is coming
over, and we're going to eat lunch at one of the marina/restaurants
and spend the afternoon out on the water. *It'll be a slow, putt-
around kind of day. * :-)
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Sounds like a great day.

It was fun. In the end, even with the big motor and PTX, we spend
probably 90% of our time poking around at 2500 rpm or just floating
and swimming. It's all about relaxing and having fun, right?