Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

This is the first pontoon that I've owned & we were on the lake with some friends & he asked if the rear of the boat was suppose to sit low in the water. I told him that most of them do- but then I started questioning my own boat.

What are y'all's opinions on this? Both wives were in the back & it was full of fuel-24 gallons.

tadams wrote:
What are y'all's opinions on this? Both wives were in the back & it was full of fuel-24 gallons.

It all depends, if you have two wives how much do each one weight?

Haha! Both are average size. As soon as I posted this I figured someone would bust me on that!

My Harris sits that low. I also wondered the same thing but performance is fine. Yours sits almost exactly as mine does.

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I dont see it as any thing excessive.

Seems normal to me, it's got to sit a little lower than the front. Look at the big motor and all that gos with it, battery, fuel, gear, people, Looks fine.

Thanks guys! I've been looking at other 'toons & I guess they are pretty close to the same.

I had this same fear when ppl see mine "are you sinking? is it suppose to do that? i think you are sinking..."
No moron, its called physics. I have a short boat with a couch, 13 gallons of gas, and a 600lb motor all on one end and nothing but an anchor on the other side.
Now sit down or keep your ( l ) on shore!

katieclooney wrote:I had this same fear when ppl see mine "are you sinking? is it suppose to do that? i think you are sinking..."
No moron, its called physics. I have a short boat with a couch, 13 gallons of gas, and a 600lb motor all on one end and nothing but an anchor on the other side.
Now sit down or keep your ( l ) on shore!

Your right though!!

I think your fine. Here's mine, comparison of empty and loaded (25 gals with 3 adults on board).

evinrude2stroke wrote:

katieclooney wrote:I had this same fear when ppl see mine "are you sinking? is it suppose to do that? i think you are sinking..."
No moron, its called physics. I have a short boat with a couch, 13 gallons of gas, and a 600lb motor all on one end and nothing but an anchor on the other side.
Now sit down or keep your ( l ) on shore!

Your right though!!

Its amazing to watch the lightbulb come on with those people.
And I was reading my sticker on my boat, I am maxed out on HP so that is another reason I am low lol

There's physics and there's stupid. I've seen them both on the Red River. This summer I'll start a thread with pictures of the latter. Sometimes I'm surprised the river patrol don't stop more of them and send them home.

Cheers,

Tony