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Trailering a pontoon boat
On May 8, 3:30*pm, wrote:
On May 8, 12:39*pm, wrote: On May 8, 12:30*pm, wrote: On May 8, 11:54*am, wrote: On May 8, 10:39*am, wrote: I am thinking of making my next boat a pontoon boat in the 20 foot range. I'd like to hear from people who own pontoons and especially those who trailer them. Things that I'm thinking about is how hard to load/unload, ease of towing, etc. Also, do you all fish with yours using an electric trolling motor? One thing I'm wondering is how they handle while using the trolling motor in the wind? Much difference than a bass boat? Hey Loog, here is my answer to the trailerable party boat... mine is pretty dirty here, but you can see the potential.. It weighs less than 1000 lbs, gassed and loaded. I recently put a console steering and a 25 horse on it, I will try to dig up the performance vids. Could be the perfect configuration for a big lake and a bunch of kids... Oh yeah, here is the URL http://yaimkool.com/ Scotty I do like that boat! One thing, on my local lake, there are some big ass boats and most of the people that have them don't have any sense, they'll run by you with a huge wake, don't know what the right of way is, etc. I get scared sometimes in my bass boat!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - These boats were originally made for commercial fishermen in the CT River and Long Island Sound.. Mine is a copy of a smaller Brockway, typical for the sound was 22-24 feet. The sides are real high, it will not swamp easy. The big flat bottom and square chine keeps the sides up above the wakes, the old men worked lobster and nets over the sides. Anyway, if you are interested, I could talk you through a quick build and you could have a shiny new one of these in your drive in a couple of weeks for about 600 bucks sans engine... I'm just sayin' *  We just bought a grill for ours.. We can even throw the minibikes in there and make a day of it... Mine does close to 20 mph loaded with a 25 horse and will go all day on 10 gallons of gas... * *I'm just sayin'... I will stop now *...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I've always thought building a boat would be a fun project. Let's talk!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Send me the digits, I will give you a call... |
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