Beaching a Pontoon...

[margaritaman]

also I have to take into account the tides. You could end up waiting for the next high tide to get your toon back in the water.

Been there done that!

[DonCabo]

I'm not a big fan of beaching on small or large rocks. With the wakes of other boats, those toons are constantly grinding against the tiny rocks. We all know what sand paper can do... The once or twice I attempted it I had some thick, heavy commercial rubber mats that I'd throw under the front of the toons. That worked, but then you have to carry them around. I gave up and just anchor in deep water and pull out the noodles.

[STEVEBRENDA]

We beach on gravel all of the time. Being able to beach is one of the primary reasons we bought an aluminum bottom boat vs. a fiberglass bottom boat. Just stay off of the big rocks, but also beware that big rocks are often just below small rocks. The leading nose on most toons usually have very thick aluminum. Try not to have the thinner log sitting on too big of rocks.

[ronb]

Our local lakes are really fine sand on top of dirt/gravel, we have 2 small children so I run it up on the beach every time I am out. I did go to one beach once on a different lake (Big Cormorant MN) and ended up parking at the end of the beach where it starts turning back into big rocks, I stopped in the water a bit out and fought with anchors for a while before a boat left from the softer sand, and then I moved over... seems like I have a bad anchor situation and the constant rocking of wakes from the other boats causes my toon to sway around quite a bit if I don't beach sufficiently. FWIW, I called Forest River my pontoon tubes are .090 thick aluminum the whole way, the ransom is .190..

-ron

[Texoma Toon]

Sand, mud, very small pebbles= ok......rocks of any kind

[screwball]

beach on sand, anchor near rocks. Here on the Colorado River there are a lot of sand beaches so isn't much of a problem.