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Eight great pontoon boats

Pontoon boats are everywhere these days. Here are eight different pontoons that can satisfy your boating needs. The post ...
There may have been a time when you visited the local lake and came across a boat that resembles a floating deck with a motor fixed to the back. If you are fortunate enough, you may have even perhaps ...
As a leisure boater, do you choose a deck boat or a pontoon boat? There are quite a few factors to consider, so without further ado, let us dive in! First, a little bit of history, the first pontoon ...
Ushers in a new era of boating. Pontoon Boats now come in such a wide variety of styles and are built with an equally wide variety of activities in mind. What’s the best pontoon boat for you? Maybe ...
One of the benefits of owning a pontoon boat is that you can beach the craft easily for shore excursions — and even store the boats over the course of the season by nudging them up on a gently sloping ...
The two happiest days in boat owners’ lives are when they buy a boat and when they sell said boat. Jeff Haradine knows that ...
It's hard to say when it happened, but happen it did. Pontoon boats became cool. Way cool. Once puttering platforms for the geriatric generation, today's upscale boats can cost as much as a sports car ...
Pontoon: A flat-bottomed boat floating on metal tubes. Maybe 60-gallon steel drums. Folding lawn chairs optional. No more. The pontoon boat, long snickered at by anglers and pleasure boaters, is ...
Discover Boating Minneapolis Boat Show Innovation Award honors Barletta for first-ever pontoon stabilization technologyBRISTOL, Ind., Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Barletta Pontoon Boats, one of ...
Re‑engineered pontoon design and custom software deliver dramatically smoother, more natural handling-setting a new standard ...
Barletta Pontoon Boats, a rapidly growing manufacturer and a subsidiary of Winnebago Industries, has won a 2025 Discover Boating Minneapolis Boat Show Innovation Award for its innovative helm design ...