On 4/10/10 10:27 AM, Loogypicker wrote:
On Apr 9, 4:08 pm, wrote:
On 4/9/10 3:57 PM, wrote:





On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:59:49 -0300, "Don White"
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On 4/9/10 1:12 PM, Tim wrote:
On Apr 9, 11:15 am, wrote:
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 06:41:27 -0700 (PDT),
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This pontoon I just got has a v-4 evinrude with a power trim . Besides
using it to raise the lower end for transport, is a power trim really
of any effective use on a pontoon boat? especially of one of this size
and loaded down with people? I mean it's gong to be a cruise
platform, not a rocket sled.

The trim can make a little difference but not that much. I have a 60
and had a 75 on a 20' Harris. I could play with the trim and get about
a 1 MPH swing. Trim can help a lot in shallow water operation tho.

An 85 is not going to give you tremendous performance on that boat
anyway. That motor is old enough that the 85 was probably BHP and not
at the prop so it may be more like 70. If you really figure out you
like the pontoon boat experience I would be saving my box tops for a 4
stroke 115-150 class repower.

Thanks Greg. I DO have a 115 v4 saved up for the perfect opertunity,
And it may be used.

I figures since a pontoon sits low in the back then trimming it would
probably jsut push the back end lower, because I don't think the front
is going to raise. Especially "to the moon, Alice" before planing,t
hat is, if a pontoon actually 'planes'. It probably does but not as I
know it. I'm a v-hull boater, not a barge operator.

Before I bought my first small boat in Jax, I rented a nice pontoon boat
for the day from an outfit on the St. Johns River, near where it empties
into the Atlantic. It was a "somewhere in the 20's" in terms of length,
and it had a 115 hp Merc on it. Nice boat.

Well, the trip out to the mouth of the river was uneventful. It was too
rough for comfort for the pontoon boat between the jetties, what with the
wind, the current and boat wakes, so we messed around near one of the
beaches on the south side. Going back, the wind kicked up and the trip
back to the dock on that pontoon was not very enjoyable. Made me think a
lot more seriously about buying a small v-hull boat, rather than a pontoon
boat, for the river, ICW and occasional near shore Atlantic fishing.

Once in a blue moon you'll see one in our harbour, but that's about it.
I've never seen one at any of the local boat/yacht clubs situated on the
ocean.

We have pontoons 10 miles offshore in the Gulf all the time but the
water is usually pretty calm here.

There are always fools doing things in boats they shouldn't. Going 10
miles offshore in a pontoon boat on a relatively shallow body of water
where storms can come up suddenly sounds like a competition for the
Darwin award. Well, Loogy would do it.

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You should just cower in your basement as opposed to doing anything
adventurous. It's a dangerous world out there, and there must be
practice tests to take.



Please...your idea of boating is to rent a rowboat and have your wife
row you around lake lanier.

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