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Old 03-01-2023, 03:29 PM   #1
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Just found this pic with the side window and light bar added...

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Very nice. What sheathing did you use? The roof looks like quarter inch aluminum?
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Very nice. What sheathing did you use? The roof looks like quarter inch aluminum?
Composite aluminum Alpolic panel was used on the helm. If your not familiar with the product, it's two very thin pieces of aluminum sheathing on each side with an extruded core of thermoplastic polyethylene material. Its extremely durable and can be routed and shaped to most any design...

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Codeman, I think if you tried a little harder you might be able to get more on your boat.
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Codeman, I think if you tried a little harder you might be able to get more on your boat.
We were still loading...

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I bet you were. And could you pile it 3 or 4 stories?
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Codeman, I think if you tried a little harder you might be able to get more on your boat.
The funny thing is it wasn't his boat he was loading, it was mine! :-) As I recall, it was that weekend that I had the pleasure of chopping ice for three hours to get the pontoon off the iced in Gilford Yacht Club dock....THAT was a good time...
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Have any of you folks running pontoon boats tried installing a hydrofoil kit? For the low investment it kinda seems like a no brainer to me
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Have any of you folks running pontoon boats tried installing a hydrofoil kit? For the low investment it kinda seems like a no brainer to me
From what I have read on almost every pontoon forum out there, they are an incredible waste of money and cause more problems than they cure. They are seriously made fun of by most pontoon enthusiast on these forums. I personally have never had the need to try one nor would I….

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I'm not familiar with it, but I'm going to look into it. Is it available locally? Thanks.
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I'm not familiar with it, but I'm going to look into it. Is it available locally? Thanks.
Unfortunately it’s not…it’s really only sold to commercial fabricators and installers and extremely expensive. Just the shipping and crating cost for one sheet 5’ x 16’ would be well over $1000.00 on top of a square foot cost in excess of $10.00 per sq ft makes it very cost prohibitive for the average consumer.

We use it a lot in my industry and we have to buy extra sheets for the projects we do so this was all extra or scrap pieces I utilized…

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