Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

I only registered here about one week ago but this is quickly becoming my favorite spot on web. There is such a wealth of information and so many good folks ready and willing to share.
My big problem now will be how I explain to wife that the boat that was such a good price is going to cost me another $5000.00 to add all the cool must haves that I see discussed here.

Glad you like us. Your right about wealth of information.

Doesn't matter if your toon cost $ 500 or $500,000. A toon is a toon

Always room for another! Welcome to the party!

And he hasn't even seen the birthday girls in NHB yet

Welcome, glad to have you on board

yep it is great. I check it daily and look for all the new stuff.

HandymanHerb wrote:And he hasn't even seen the birthday girls in NHB yet

Yeah, wanna see him explain "that" to his wife.....

Welcome to the Party. Glad to have you here with us.

the way you work in all of those extras is when your out, just mention, say it sure would be nice to have this or that, and then just order it.

I went to the boat show last Thursday, and a Manitou/Avalon dealer had a picture sitting on a 150 hp 22' Oasis VP hull boat. The picture was of a SHP hull boat, and it had a big red 58 mph written on the picture.

Then, the dealer started to put the hard sell on me.

I told him I've had pontoon boats since 1985, and I live and breath power boating.

But if he thinks he's getting 58 mph out of a normal pontoon boat, I'd certainly be looking at other dealerships to do business with. And to think I learned all about high performance pontoon boats, tri hulls, and strakes right here.

HandymanHerb wrote:And he hasn't even seen the birthday girls in NHB yet

Welcome, glad to have you on board

+1

Bamaman wrote:I went to the boat show last Thursday, and a Manitou/Avalon dealer had a picture sitting on a 150 hp 22' Oasis VP hull boat. The picture was of a SHP hull boat, and it had a big red 58 mph written on the picture.

Then, the dealer started to put the hard sell on me.

I told him I've had pontoon boats since 1985, and I live and breath power boating.

But if he thinks he's getting 58 mph out of a normal pontoon boat, I'd certainly be looking at other dealerships to do business with. And to think I learned all about high performance pontoon boats, tri hulls, and strakes right here.

Maybe it was going downhill.

MH Hawker wrote:the way you work in all of those extras is when your out, just mention, say it sure would be nice to have this or that, and then just order it.

....add in a "We need one of those", or "If we had one of those...." and "Those are nice because then you can..." and throw in for "Do you know what I want for my birthday?"

Welcome aboard mate !

Ron Burgundy wrote:

Bamaman wrote:I went to the boat show last Thursday, and a Manitou/Avalon dealer had a picture sitting on a 150 hp 22' Oasis VP hull boat. The picture was of a SHP hull boat, and it had a big red 58 mph written on the picture.

Then, the dealer started to put the hard sell on me.

I told him I've had pontoon boats since 1985, and I live and breath power boating.

But if he thinks he's getting 58 mph out of a normal pontoon boat, I'd certainly be looking at other dealerships to do business with. And to think I learned all about high performance pontoon boats, tri hulls, and strakes right here.

Maybe it was going downhill.

Maybe it was the towing speed, behind a Obama Motors vehicle?

Ya, this site is great. Lots of fun and great information. I think it is invaluable to obtain information about performance and quality from impartial 3rd parties.

Bamaman wrote:I went to the boat show last Thursday, and a Manitou/Avalon dealer had a picture sitting on a 150 hp 22' Oasis VP hull boat. The picture was of a SHP hull boat, and it had a big red 58 mph written on the picture.

Then, the dealer started to put the hard sell on me.

I told him I've had pontoon boats since 1985, and I live and breath power boating.

But if he thinks he's getting 58 mph out of a normal pontoon boat, I'd certainly be looking at other dealerships to do business with. And to think I learned all about high performance pontoon boats, tri hulls, and strakes right here.

He's not getting it with 150HP, but you can get 58 out of an shp. I'm pretty sure Bryden24shp got near that out of his. I know that Playcraft has gone into the 80's and over on their models