[Larry Lucido]

So can you ski with one?

[cripplecreek]

Pontoon rafts have been the thing for as long as I can remember. Around here, I think they’re required for lakeshore dwellers.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

It took me a minute to get it, but that lady is hiding the pontoons.

[ConservativeInPA]

I have no problems with what people do with their boats, but a nice cammo-covered John boat does me fine.

[TurboZamboni]

Brian Holeman walked the plank of the Coon Raider, a 25-foot pontoon that owner
Robert McCluskey turned into a 55-foot pirate ship, on Coon Lake in East Bethel.

[CodeToad]

“New”? Heck, they’ve been around for decades as party boats.

[1Old Pro]

More and more people have realized that the pontoon boat is actually more useful on the lake/reiver than a regular boat. You can walk around, sit at a bar, jump off for a swim, fish, etc. no more sitting in uncomfortable seats trying to enjoy the day while anchored.

[Army Air Corps]

Having lived near some recreational lakes, I always thought that this was a given.

[deweyfrank]

Pontoon boats have been around here in De. for at least 40 years. They are fun, but not very maneuverable. Especially with wind in tight places. The trend here is a deck boat that has a shallow V Hull.

[JimRed]

In our region a party boat is a pay-your-fare-and-go fishing boat, called a head boat in other areas. I guess this version of a party boat is a floating tavern? Music, beer and bikinis?

[BRL]

I am posting this on a pontoon boat in norris lake right now

[WMarshal]

When I was a kid my grandfather had a home-made yellow pontoon boat made out of oil drums and plywood with a small outboard motor on a lake in Minnesota. It was slow but fun.

[BBB333]

I recall bartending on a pontoon at a resort in Minnesota once for a group of Ministers, all dressed in black robes...

Yes, bartending.

The marina forgot to put the drain plugs back in...

It took a while but eventually became a memorable scene to be sure!

[conservativegranny]

We love pontoons! We rent one when we do the big family vacation on the lake. All of us can fit on it. You can pull the kids in a tube, go fishing & swimming off of them. Eat lunch and be comfortable in the shade of the canopy.

We have never tried water skiing with them so I don’t know anything about doing that but unless I was a serious skier a pontoon is the ultimate family boat and is very versatile.

My grandkids would have the time of their little lives on that pirate pontoon!