On Sat, 05 Dec 2015 00:25:46 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:54:57 -0500,
wrote:

On Fri, 04 Dec 2015 21:57:23 -0500, wrote:

... But you are not going to the Bahamas or the West Indies in your
motor home ;-)

Bull****!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za63ltkMGGE

:)

I notice they opened the video with a graphic that said "the lake".

You get that out in blue water and they will be looking for it next to
El Faro.

There was a thread going on one of the real boat boards about a guy
who modified his pontoon so he could park his camping trailer on it
and go out on the lake. I saw some early experiments and then I lost
track of the project. I seem to remember he launched the boat, then
nosed it up to the ramp and rolled the trailer on (using ramp ramps).

I don't know if he went happily on with his life or it failed.

===

If you do that kind of project without some knowledge of naval
architecture, you are asking for a whole boat load of trouble. Red
neck engineering will only get you so far.

I see a lot of factory boats that look pretty tippy to me. ;-)

===

I agree but it really all depends on whether they carry their weight
down low or not. If a production boat develops a reputation for
stability problems the class action lawyers will be all over it. You
might recall the infamous flybridge cruiser that Bayliner built back
in the 80 or 90s. People would cram onto the flybridge just because
there was room up there, and everyone liked the view of course.
Unfortunately when you put the boat into a turn when loaded like that,
it would flop over in the water and dump everybody. Bayliner's first
engineering fix was a warning sign to not overload the flybridge, but
then they ended up with massive lawsuits. The old Bertram's of that
era intentionally limitied flybridge seating to 2 or 3 people for just
that reason.

On Sat, 05 Dec 2015 01:03:23 -0500,
wrote:

On Sat, 05 Dec 2015 00:25:46 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 04 Dec 2015 23:54:57 -0500,
wrote:

On Fri, 04 Dec 2015 21:57:23 -0500, wrote:

... But you are not going to the Bahamas or the West Indies in your
motor home ;-)

Bull****!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za63ltkMGGE

:)

I notice they opened the video with a graphic that said "the lake".

You get that out in blue water and they will be looking for it next to
El Faro.

There was a thread going on one of the real boat boards about a guy
who modified his pontoon so he could park his camping trailer on it
and go out on the lake. I saw some early experiments and then I lost
track of the project. I seem to remember he launched the boat, then
nosed it up to the ramp and rolled the trailer on (using ramp ramps).

I don't know if he went happily on with his life or it failed.

===

If you do that kind of project without some knowledge of naval
architecture, you are asking for a whole boat load of trouble. Red
neck engineering will only get you so far.

I see a lot of factory boats that look pretty tippy to me. ;-)

===

I agree but it really all depends on whether they carry their weight
down low or not. If a production boat develops a reputation for
stability problems the class action lawyers will be all over it. You
might recall the infamous flybridge cruiser that Bayliner built back
in the 80 or 90s. People would cram onto the flybridge just because
there was room up there, and everyone liked the view of course.
Unfortunately when you put the boat into a turn when loaded like that,
it would flop over in the water and dump everybody. Bayliner's first
engineering fix was a warning sign to not overload the flybridge, but
then they ended up with massive lawsuits. The old Bertram's of that
era intentionally limitied flybridge seating to 2 or 3 people for just
that reason.


I didn't really pay much attention to the camper on the pontoon build
but I seem to remember it was a 8-9 foot beam and the camper was more
like 6. He had room to walk around it on both sides. Since the heavy
part is the frame, it may not have really been that unstable.
Pontoons are not really known for capsizing. Tracker makes one with a
full width cabin and a "ride on" roof.
On a lake, I doubt it was that bad.
I see a huge 2 story pontoon boat in big carlos pass from time to
time. I think I have a picture but it is not on my web site