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Originally Posted by SOB
Hi All, I am looking to buy a Pontoon boat down the road. My main purpose of use would be to just have some friends out on the water, listen to some tunes and relax. Speed isnt a concern really.Any suggestions on brands, dealers in the area, etc?
Any info would be useful on the topic.
Thanks!
SOB
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We have a 22 ft. Smoker Craft... 50hp . We love it, BUT, it's not great on the Broads on a busy weekend. We have to cross the Broards no matter where we want to go. So we don't use it often when the lake is crowded or the NW wind is up.
Really dosen't present us a problem, because we live here full time, and it's easy for us to pick and choose our times for boat trips. If your a "weekender" and still want a toon... the tri hull, bigger boat and bigger powerhouse make the most sense.
The plusses IMHO for toons are, easy maintaince, low gas usage, room for lot's of friends and a nice platform for "just sittin"
I've seen Codeman's Tri Hull (or one just like it) go flying by a number of times.. ( picture a Green w/ Envy emoticon here
). To me that would be the best of both worlds solution.
We bought ours new from Dave's Motor Boat Shoppe in Gilford. He also does our storage and annual maint. Very happy with them.