Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

I'm selling my 2011 Tracker bass buggy and want to move up to a 24' deck boat. Does anyone know of anyone in FL that has a nice selection of used deck boats? I'm probably looking for around a 1995 to 2000 model.

You'll be sorry switching from a pontoon to a deck boat. Deck boats will beat you up on the ride. There are however some older boats with fiberglass pontoons and fiberglass decks that I have seen on and off. Check Craig's list.

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You will be sorry going to a deck boat. I did and as soon as I could I went back to a toon. Less room bad ride

I've also seen some previous pontoon boat owners go to a deckboat only to come back to another pontoon/tritoon.

Around here, most deck boats are the Starcraft inboard outboard versions. But the one that really is in its own class is a Bennington Azure deck boat. They're top of the line, and can be found online. We have one up the lake from us.

Gonefishing wrote:You will be sorry going to a deck boat. I did and as soon as I could I went back to a toon. Less room bad ride

I've pretty much decided to go with another pontoon boat after talking to several other boaters that changed over to deck boats. Now to find a good place in FL to find a good used 24-26' pontoon. Everything I'm finding is beat to shit. Wish I could afford a new one but I'm retiring this year and can't take the debt. Guess I'll just hug Craigs list and hope I can find a decent one.

Thanks for the comments.

You may want to consider a compromise with the Hurricane Fundeck line. It's essentially a pontoon boat on top of a fiberglass trihull. There are a couple of them on my lake and they seem very nice, the owner of one speaks very highly after moving away from his pontoon.

http://www.hurricaneboats.com/series-gallery/fundeck