CeeScraps
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Post by CeeScraps on Jul 12, 2022 22:52:57 GMT
Tell me all about your Tritoon or Pontoon.
We are looking to get one. Where we are currently living the boat doesn't have to come out of the water.....ever! A huge plus. We don't need a trailer as the dealer will deliver/service it in the water. I know that is just a small part of boat owning.
Oh, and use....we will be able to use it from about March-December. So that we feel is a plus.
Please share your knowledge!
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Post by iowgirl on Jul 12, 2022 23:05:48 GMT
All I know is they are smooth as heck! Our friend has one with a huge motor. That thing sails like glass! He can pull a bunch of skiers behind it too!
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Post by finsup on Jul 12, 2022 23:52:17 GMT
We do and I definitely notice a smoother ride than with a pontoon. We love our “living room on the water.” Two thumbs up.
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Post by 3SugarBugs on Jul 13, 2022 13:20:07 GMT
We have a Bennington Tritoon, bought it new in 2013, and it's still looks and runs great. We've never had a single issue. The middle toon adds a lot of stability and makes the ride very smooth. We have a 150hp on the back, but when we're in the market for a new one, we will go to a 200hp. But we still have kids that we're pulling on a tube, etc. If you will just use it to 'cruise' and if you lake/body of water is smaller or not as rough, then you can definitely go down in hp.
We're on a damned river, so our 'lake' gets pretty busy with boat traffic, and the wind in Iowa stirs it up quite a bit, so more hp is necessary for us.
Happy to answer any questions you may have!
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CeeScraps
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Post by CeeScraps on Jul 13, 2022 16:18:22 GMT
We have a Bennington Tritoon, bought it new in 2013, and it's still looks and runs great. We've never had a single issue. The middle toon adds a lot of stability and makes the ride very smooth. We have a 150hp on the back, but when we're in the market for a new one, we will go to a 200hp. But we still have kids that we're pulling on a tube, etc. If you will just use it to 'cruise' and if you lake/body of water is smaller or not as rough, then you can definitely go down in hp. We're on a damned river, so our 'lake' gets pretty busy with boat traffic, and the wind in Iowa stirs it up quite a bit, so more hp is necessary for us. Happy to answer any questions you may have! Thanks! The one we are looking at would come with 150hp. I wonder if we should go up from the start. Hmmm....... As far as pulling anyone that won't happen right now, but in the future I would think this will become a thing to do! |
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Post by 3SugarBugs on Jul 13, 2022 16:38:56 GMT
I guess I should have mentioned ours is 24ft and we pull 2 adults or 3 kids on the tube just fine. As my son gets older he and has friends want "more air", so that is the reason we would go up. If you're looking at the 20 or 22ft, 150hp is more than enough to pull a tube or skier.
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Jul 13, 2022 16:44:00 GMT
I loved when we had our Pontoon. We had a 26foot one. Tons of room for lots of people to spend the whole day out on the water. We had a grill and coolers and everything we needed. Depending on the motor you can ski tube etc with no problem.
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CeeScraps
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Post by CeeScraps on Jul 13, 2022 21:58:03 GMT
I guess I should have mentioned ours is 24ft and we pull 2 adults or 3 kids on the tube just fine. As my son gets older he and has friends want "more air", so that is the reason we would go up. If you're looking at the 20 or 22ft, 150hp is more than enough to pull a tube or skier. The one we are looking at is a 22'! I'm glad to hear that it will be ok to pull with. Thanks... ~~~Also....I don't know what I don't know. So if there are things I need to be told please explain it to me like I'm 5 years old. 😁 |
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Post by 3SugarBugs on Jul 14, 2022 14:00:12 GMT
 Ask anything and everything. Here are a few things off the top of my head... ~We like the snubber dock lines (ties your boat to the dock)..simple to use and keeps from having a whole mess of rope ~Have as many life jackets on board as the number of people your boat is licensed for (ours is 13)...and vary the sizes ~We like the fat fenders (bumpers to protect boat of rubbing against dock or another boat), better protection if you tie off to another boat, etc ~Lots of people love the fluke style anchor, but we don't find it works very well...we use the classic navy anchor and store it in a plastic bin between the seats for easy access, and we keep it tied on the rail all the time ~Spiders love the water To keep them off our boat, we put small glass jars in our cup holders with cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil before we cover the boat. When we are underway, I just put them down in one of the seats, and we keep the peppermint oil and cotton balls on board as well. My husband also mixes 2/3 vinegar, 1/3 water and 1 cup peppermint oil to spray along the outside of the cover, helps to keep the spiders down on the outside rails of your boat. ~We don't leave sunscreen on the boat, gets too hot and can lessen the 'strength' ~Make sure people are sitting on towels, especially after applying sunscreen, helps to save your vinyl ~I do a quick wipe down of the seats with vinyl cleaner/protectant, we like the Star Brite brand after each use or at the end of the weekend ~I do leave a couple of extra towels on the boat in case someone shows up without one ~Keep a first aide kit on board ~Your boat should come with a fire extinguisher, but in the event it doesn't you must have one ~I keep trash bags, koozies, paper plates, napkins, cups and a cutting board and knife on board ~Buy some rope dock lines to be able to tie your float to your boat when you are on anchor...no worries about floating away...of course buy floats with handles I'm sure there are a ton of other things, but that gives you a start! You'll absolutely love it!
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Post by ellen on Jul 15, 2022 2:04:20 GMT
We have a summer place on a smallish lake in northern MN. Everyone has a pontoon. We got ours about five years ago and if it's a nice day we will do at least one trip around our lake. We love our pontoon. It's a Grand Island - a local manufacturer. Ours is just for cruising around or anchoring so we can get out our floaties and lounge in the middle of the lake. We rarely see anyone pulling tubes or skiers behind their pontoons here. Most everyone will use a boat for that. Very close to our lake is a chain of five lakes and people will spend an entire day cruising the chain - you see some very large and expensive pontoons docked at one of the local restaurants.
We take our pontoon out of storage in May and put it back in September. If I lived on a lake where I could use it from March to December I would have a much fancier pontoon. I think it sounds like you need one.
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Ask anything and everything. Here are a few things off the top of my head...