I never liked toon boats even though every neighbor under the sun has one. I kind always considered them the “mini van” boat. I also hate mini vans and refused to ever buy one.
But we might be buying a boat. Not sure. The ratio of work to fun was low even though I loved our boat. We had thought about one of those Yamaha jet boats but after reading this thread that’s out.
But after being spoiled with a great platform it would be hard to get a boat without one. The only boats I ever see with really great platforms are full inboards. Which are running $80k and up these days. And I’d be back to maintenance (which wasn’t terrible). But I can’t help doing stuff myself if I’m capable.
Any way check out this platform for a toon boat. Probable not an option on a Tri toon.
http://www.splashsteps.com/pontoon-water-testing2.html