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LIforrelaxin · 05-07-2013, 02:10 PM

With all the incidents mentioned in this thread, and with the way I see many pontoons stored. The issue really isn't anything to do with the brand, or with the thickness of the pontoons....

Rather with how the marina's tend to store these boats. The support is not good enough. Look at a pontoon trailer, and you will see one of two things. Either bunks that support most all of the pontoons, or they sit with the floor of the pontoon supported and toons are left dangling.

The bottom line is that they put this pontoons, into storage, and support them very minimally, in the normal storage racks. The pontoons are only support by the main carrying beams which are only a few inches wide. While for many years this wasn't a problem, now the boats are getting heavier, and have bigger engines. The the wieght is more then likely crushing the pontoons, creating leaks or weakening welds, causing the pontoons to fill with water....

The bottom line, is that I don't believe many marina's properly support the the pontoon boats for the winter months....

05-07-2013, 02:10 PM	#10
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas, Lake Ray Hubbard and NH, Long Island Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,871 Thanks: 1,037 Thanked 892 Times in 524 Posts	With all the incidents mentioned in this thread, and with the way I see many pontoons stored. The issue really isn't anything to do with the brand, or with the thickness of the pontoons.... Rather with how the marina's tend to store these boats. The support is not good enough. Look at a pontoon trailer, and you will see one of two things. Either bunks that support most all of the pontoons, or they sit with the floor of the pontoon supported and toons are left dangling. The bottom line is that they put this pontoons, into storage, and support them very minimally, in the normal storage racks. The pontoons are only support by the main carrying beams which are only a few inches wide. While for many years this wasn't a problem, now the boats are getting heavier, and have bigger engines. The the wieght is more then likely crushing the pontoons, creating leaks or weakening welds, causing the pontoons to fill with water.... The bottom line, is that I don't believe many marina's properly support the the pontoon boats for the winter months.... __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....