On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:05:00 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


"Jack Goff" wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:38:17 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:



Waterskiing behind a vessel that has a turning radius that covers half the
lake is a bad idea.



Why?

The lake is large, the turns don't have to be tight, it's not crowded
when we ski, and the boat actually has a decent turning radius.

This is not your dad's pontoon. :-)

My dad has two Boston Whalers and a Formula. He wouldn't be caught dead in a
pontoon. ;-)


Why, is he insecure? ;-)

Seriously, since we boat on a large lake, a pontoon is the ideal boat
for us.

It's a 25ft tri-toon with a 150hp on it. It will do 35mph, has a far
better ride than any fiberglass boat, more room than anything in it's
size, we can leave it in the water year-round in its slip without any
bottom coating expense and worries so we don't have to trailer it, and
we can tube and ski on it. It has a changing room with a porta-pottie
in it for when the weather gets chilly (for my wife).

About every 6 months we have the same discussion... should we get a
different boat? After weighing the options, it always comes back
around to the same thing... nothing else has all the advantages
without bringing along some significant downsides.

And I have no self-image issues. :-)