Re: Trailering a pontoon boat

On May 8, 12:39=A0pm, FloydOfP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 8, 11:54=A0am, justwaitafrekinmin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > 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
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> > > > those who trailer them. Things that I'm thinking about is how hard
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> > > > 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
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> > > > than a bass boat?
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> > > 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
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> > > 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...
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> > > Oh yeah, here is the URL
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> > >http://yaimkool.com/
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> > > Scotty
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> > 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
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> These boats were originally made for commercial fishermen in the CT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 ****ny new one of these in your drive in a
> couple of weeks for about 600 bucks sans engine... I'm just
> sayin' =A0 ;)
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> 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... =A0 =A0I'm just
> sayin'... ;)
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I've always thought building a boat would be a fun project. Let's talk!