Yep. We went and bought a pontoon boat to take advantage of the beautiful, 7000 acre reservoir we live next to. We bought kayaks initially to enjoy the lake but my knees won't cooperate. Haven't owned a boat since I sold our 22' CC we used off of the Florida Gulf Coast and in the Keys. A pontoon boat is something totally different than what I'm used too. The pontoon boat looks pretty straight forward as far as operations go. One thing I need to get used to, and hopefully some input from BITOG members, is that we now live in a seasonal location where people "winterize" their boats. I never needed to do this in Florida since we boated year round.
What we purchased:
2017 Sylvan 818 Cruise with a Yamaha T60LB as the power plant. It's a perfect size for us. It was a close-out with a lot of nice options I won't list unless someone is curious. We didn't get a trailer since we were able to secure a covered slip on the lake (not easy to do on short notice). Just happened to be in the right at the right time. And it is less than 100 yards away from the boat dealers service dock we bought the boat from. I was disappointed I couldn't get a bigger engine but a 60hp was the max rated for our boat. I'm told it will be more than enough power for our set up. I was just used to having alot more power on a boat and it was hard getting my head around it.
Now, by not having a trailer I'm going to be at the mercy of the dealer I bought it from due to logistics. If I'm lucky I might befriend someone who might loan me a trailer just long enough to pull it out of the water and do the maintenance that I can do myself.
Mrs. Sierra048 is on me to take her to the store so I can't get to some of the things I was going to seek some guidance on and answers to some questions I might have. I'll check back later.
What we purchased:
2017 Sylvan 818 Cruise with a Yamaha T60LB as the power plant. It's a perfect size for us. It was a close-out with a lot of nice options I won't list unless someone is curious. We didn't get a trailer since we were able to secure a covered slip on the lake (not easy to do on short notice). Just happened to be in the right at the right time. And it is less than 100 yards away from the boat dealers service dock we bought the boat from. I was disappointed I couldn't get a bigger engine but a 60hp was the max rated for our boat. I'm told it will be more than enough power for our set up. I was just used to having alot more power on a boat and it was hard getting my head around it.
Now, by not having a trailer I'm going to be at the mercy of the dealer I bought it from due to logistics. If I'm lucky I might befriend someone who might loan me a trailer just long enough to pull it out of the water and do the maintenance that I can do myself.
Mrs. Sierra048 is on me to take her to the store so I can't get to some of the things I was going to seek some guidance on and answers to some questions I might have. I'll check back later.