Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

so we are picking up the new to us riviera cruiser this weekend. she is lake ready, but as with anything I buy used i am planning to renovate and make her cleaner, faster and just cooler. 24 foot, 135 hp i/o, she will get a new prop for my altitude and usage. I plan on doing some baseline performance testing prior to making any changes other than the prop, the prop that is on her is chunky to say the least.

i am looking at performance mods as well as aesthetic mods.

I am planning on lifting strakes, i have the ability to do this modification.

I have also seen many threads on tritoon conversions. i am interested in this also

has anyone ever seen these in use. my first impression is that they are going to add buoyancy, but cost speed and performance, they do have a large toon version with lifting strakes built in. what is you honest opinion?

http://www.pontoonwholesalers.com/products.html

Just say no

that is my initial reaction, but why?

any real world experience with them?

Some one tried them they move, flex and make noise

figured they would not be as structurally sound as a solid tube.

the seams and the fact that they are not physically attached to the mounting hardware.

colorado does not have a lot of pontoon action so used logs are few and far between.

For about the same money you can get a alum log with the transom built in.

the rig is an I/O

not sure i want to go to the hassle of moving the i/o around

I had basically scratched these off my list of items, but wanted some feedback.

i guess ill have to just get the tap fins......