| Making yourself a pontoon boat may seem like | | | | like to build a house-style cabin, or place rows of |
| something for a professional boat maker, but rest | | | | chairs covered with an awning. The materials you |
| assured that making these types of boats are | | | | use will be largely determined by cost and |
| simple and quite inexpensive. | | | | availability. |
| The basic design of a pontoon is essentially a raft | | | | The next part you will need in creating your very |
| with cylindrical floats attached to the bottom to | | | | own pontoon is the platform to which the floats |
| keep it afloat. The most important pontoon boat | | | | are going to be attached to. This platform can be |
| parts, the floats, can be created from any | | | | made from anything that is light weight and, yet, |
| number of simple materials. Pipes, barrels, or | | | | sturdy enough to hold you and your friends and |
| fabricated boxes made out of concrete or steel | | | | family. Materials such as plywood or thin sheet |
| will all work just fine. As long as the floats are | | | | metal will work out just fine; it all depends on how |
| sturdy and air tight, they will do the job and keep | | | | much money you are looking to spend. |
| your pontoon boat afloat. | | | | You can also build some kind of small cabin, or |
| Other pontoon parts include a simple, raft-style | | | | even just put some lawn chairs and a small |
| platform that can be made out of plywood, plastic | | | | canopy to give yourself some shade from the |
| or sheet metal. Above the platform, many people | | | | sun. |