"Capt. Rob" wrote in
ups.com:

I find it interesting that there are really so few good designs out
there for "spirited" family sailing. Consider my not-so-demanding
requirements:


"Family Fun Boats" are big platform pontoon boats with 50hp outboard motors
and two big coolers, fore and aft, so you don't have to get out of your
seats. They have a sink and bbq grille on one side.

Case in point, 3 of these barges full of kids decended on the gas dock of
City Marina in Charleston. The low-class working families piled out while
daddy filled up the tankage, laughing and giggling...having a ball.

I was coming down the docks and could see the rich yachtspersons watching
them from the end of their cleaning handles and tool collections. The
Rednecks were having a ball. The bigshots were at the dock fixing broken
stuff pontoon boats don't have.

Who had more "Family Fun"? Ask the kids....(c;

--
Larry