10 Pontoon Boat

I'm moving to the coast and looking to buy a boat. want a pontoon but not sure how they do off shore. a walkaround cuddy is a great fishing boat but not much seating for the family. i wanna take the family out 5-10 miles to the reef but also be able to go up into the rivers.

The US coast guard frowns on folks using craft not suitable for the condition. Pontoon boats are not rated for rough waters and are susceptible to wash-over in heavy seas. The coast guard will site you and force you back to the harbor. However the same will hold true of any large body of water, you take a big chance with what you want to do verses what you should do. Nut cases have taken kayaks out that far in fair seas, so why not the pontoon boat? I would think twice.

2010-04-26 10:01:14 by Butterbean

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Looking for a used pontoon boat betwwen $10,000. and $20,000.00.
Should be from 21 to 27 ft.

enough? I found most of my boats on craigs list

2009-05-19 17:21:04 by Roberto K

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I have about 10 plastic 55 gallon drums at my disposal and was wanting to make a pontoon boat out of them, just wanted to get some ideas

I kinda think you could strap 'em to a frame. If your straps held 'em firmly to the bottom, you could frame around 'em to immobilize 'em.

If you plan to have them floating where half is above the waterline and half below, each will support about 234 pounds *minus* the weight of the drum itself. So with all 10 drums you could use around 2300 lbs of building materials (*minus* the weight of the drums).

Try to get the weight evenly distributed. Unless you can figure out a way to add planing strakes to the drums, you'll have a displacement vessel -- it won't go very fast no matter how much power you hang on it. I'm thinking 40hp max...she'll be a lumbering beast, difficult to control. But she'll be your lumbering beast!

2008-09-21 14:16:11 by stumpjumper84

I have built a 3 hull 8 man pontoon boat. It is 13' x 8'. It has three hull's and a wood framed platform 10' x 8'. There is a tiki hut framed canopy covering the platform with 3' high bamboo siding around the perimeter. There is wood framed benches running along the back and both sides. I have framed a 2" x 6" motor mount along the back of the hull's. I'm thinking of getting a 8 to 9.9 hp outboard motor for it. I have not the slightest clue how I'm going to steer this boat. There is a 3' low wall that runs along the back of the boat and the out board motor will mount about 2'-6" behind the captains seat. How can I connect a steering system or connect an extension to the throtle where I can steer the boat? Please help?

get yourself some PTO cables, secure em to the motor bracket, you can use a steering wheel but youll only be turning like 130 degrees total so a lever would do just as well.

some people preffer a strait mechanical linkage, like steering on a truck, but for a little pontoon that wasnt built to have remote steering, it would be more cost effective to use PTO cables.

i wish i could post a drawing i just made... it makes perfect sense when you 'see' it.

2007-07-27 19:08:15 by Jason H

I found a site that uses plywood http://www.jemwatercraft.com/pontoon.php , drums, and pvc. My boyfriend wants to make a small pontoon, between 6 and 12 feet long, out of 10" or 12" pvc. What is the best way to make it? It's going to be used on a river for fishing, primarily shallow, he only wants a trolling motor and some oars in case the motor runs out of battery.

here is a great site on building the rebel cat sailboat (a pvc pipe sailboat) you can take the hull shape idea and use it to design your boat. he uses traffic cones to streamline the stern ends of the pvc pipe and heats and shapes the bow ends of the pipe to a point.

http://rebelcat.com/RebelCat-5-Intro.htm l

http://rebelcat.com/

more raft making info

http://www.raftplan.com/index.aspx

http://johnosoriobuck.com/bostonraft.htm

sounds like a great project

hope this helps

2010-04-22 10:04:36 by kay707kay