| If you are looking into buying your first boat ever | | | | can line up seats or have wrap around seats, |
| then you should definitely look into a used | | | | about anything you can think of. Most new |
| pontoon boat. Pontoon boats for their size are | | | | pontoon boats come with a canopy that can be |
| much cheaper than most of the fishing and | | | | placed down if you are trying to get a tan or |
| sporting boats that are around out there, and | | | | positioned up if you want some shade. |
| personally I think that they can be a whole lot | | | | If you are looking to get a boat to go out on the |
| more fun too. Basically you get a lot more | | | | ocean then I would not recommend purchasing a |
| capacity for the price then other types of boats | | | | pontoon boat. There hulls are usually only a couple |
| can offer. The design of a pontoon boat is flat | | | | feet and it doesn't take that big of a wave to |
| shaped, or a flat bottomed boat, and the support | | | | splash onto the bow. They are definitely not |
| comes from a couple closed cylinders or | | | | designed to handle rough seas and big waves. |
| 'pontoons' on each side, mounted to the deck | | | | Pontoon boats are great boats to take out on a |
| platform long ways creating a raft type of deal. | | | | lake though, they are also very typically used for |
| So they are almost impossible to sink compared | | | | traveling along rivers and canals. |
| to the competition against other types of boats. | | | | There are many different types of pontoon |
| Pontoon boats come with either two cylinder | | | | boats the most popular type is the "party" set up |
| tubes or 'pontoons', or three. If you are looking to | | | | on the boat. They are great for family |
| get a faster pontoon boat for skiing or wake | | | | get-togethers and similar events, like if you want |
| boarding then go with the three. But the three | | | | to bring all of your buddies out to have some |
| tubes are a bit more expensive than the two | | | | beers and do some fishing. Some business's use |
| tube ones. If you just want a pontoon boat that | | | | pontoon boats as a tour guide down the river or |
| you can party and fish on the go with the two | | | | across a lake, some use them just for partying. |
| tube, unless you have the budget to get the | | | | They could be excellent flats-fishing boats if you |
| three tube model. But really that's just the design | | | | have them set up properly, there will certainly be |
| feature, if you want to go fast you are going to | | | | enough room. You could easily install rod holders |
| need a fast motor. Basically if a two tube and a | | | | and a live-well on there, and there are a lot of |
| three tube pontoon both had the exact same 200 | | | | used pontoon boats out there that are already |
| horse power motor the three tube pontoon boat | | | | set up for the flats fisherman. Another great thing |
| would be much faster. | | | | about pontoon boats is that you can use them |
| Since pontoon boats have a raft type effect they | | | | for water sports such a water skiing or wake |
| could look similar to a houseboat, they leave a lot | | | | boarding, depending on what size of a motor you |
| more room than sporting boats to walk around | | | | have. |
| on. Also you have more room for extra furniture | | | | The small pontoon boats, about 18ft, can hold |
| and coolers, or anything else you could think of to | | | | about 8-10 people comfortably. The larger |
| bring on board. Most pontoon boats have railings | | | | pontoon boats, about 26 foot, can carry 16-20 |
| around the whole boat, the amount of | | | | people comfortably. So keep this in mind of how |
| customization that you can do to a pontoon boat | | | | many people you are going to be bringing out with |
| is limitless. You could install carpet on them, you | | | | you if you do decide to purchase a pontoon boat. |