[Rich]

I took a short ride on one of these a few weeks ago in Paugus Bay from the Naswa with Don, the owner. He's a nice guy, and I wish him the best with this fun project!

It's designed to go SLOW, about 5 mph or so. There are multiple barrels (21?) under it, not pontoons like most deck boats.

From what I understand, Don has the New England exclusive franchise rights ( I could be wrong on this), and is selling these, they are manufactured in FL.

It's pretty stable, we rode over or through a wake while I was on it and it just rocked back and forth, probably less than a deep-V boat would under the same circumstances. He told me once a large cruiser kept circling him with a big wake and it handled it with no issues.

He's considering getting one outfitted for charters, for this he will add rails and some other changes, insurance, etc.

He said some people want to buy these for the fun factor, others to use it as a dock extension, as they are not allowed a bigger dock, but it's ok to tie a boat to the dock (of course).

They are coast guard approved, if I remember correctly it's for 12 persons.

It has a 30 hp motor, so as designed your not going anywhere fast, and of course it's not designed to be on big water, just calm fun!

The "roof thatch" is synthetic and should last for years, I think it has a 20 year warranty similar to roof shingles. He said the flotation barrels are very easy to replace should one somehow get damaged. Considering how they are made, I think it would be very difficult to damage one. Also, considering that there about 20 of them, even if you damaged one or two, I bet that thing will still easily float, unlike any pontoon boat.

Fun fact, it's octagon shaped, so you can choose any side to tie up! It makes coming into a dock easy-peasy!

Imagine a bunch of these rafted together, I bet it's fun!

Give him a friendly wave if you see one on the lake, its something new and different, and brings a smile to most people!