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Re: Welcome

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 5:19 am
by Tom Krol
Just ordered a 2017 SUN TRACKERĀ® PARTY BARGEĀ® 22 DLX from Bass Pro. Never had a boat before, looking forward to spending time on it with my wife and our 4 kids!

I added a ski tower to pull the kids, an extra battery, a low range GPS and a live well on the back where the swim platform is. It should be ready to be delivered in about a week.

Instead of buying a trailer I am just having it delivered directly to the marina. I live in Port St Lucie, FL and the marina is in Stuart, FL about 30 minutes away.

The marina said they will put it in and out as many times as I would like, it costs about $230 per month. I also said I would basically like to go from the car to boat and than from the boat to the car, meaning I would like everything prepared when we get there and than they take care of everything that needs to be done when we get back (washing, cover, flushing motor, etc...)

Looking forward to a great Summer!

Tom

Re: Welcome

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 4:53 pm
by joe20toon
Congratulations!

I'm sure you will have lots of fun times out there.
There's excellent fishing in the area if you get into that...

Re: Welcome

Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:30 am
by rowleyk
Back into boating! Proud new (next week) owner of a 2017 Ranger 223C Reata tritoon with 150 merc 4 stroke and trailer and power pole 10' blade. Fell in love with tritoon when I rented one for mother's day. WOW, not the old pontoons I was used to running and looking forward to many sandbar weekends cruising Southwest Florida's intercoastal and maybe hit a few lakes in southwest Virginia. Will post pics after I pick it up next week. Any tips or tricks would be appreciated. 10 year warranty and Ranger brand sold me along with price compared to similar toons.

Re: Welcome

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:29 am
by kwg
I bought a 2012 Misty Harbor 16' fishing model this spring. 40 hp Honda, foot controlled trolling motor, dual electric anchors, live well, fish finder. We have a place on the Menominee river between Wisconsin the upper peninsula of Michigan. We love the small size for fishing but I have some questions which will show up in the other topic areas.

Re: Welcome

Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:33 pm
by River918
Just ordered a 2018 Avalon Excalibur 27' tri-toon with a Merc400. Have had many custom boats over the years (2 Halletts, Shockwave, DCB) and this is out first toon. It was hard to make the switch, but we are looking forward to running it on Lake Havasu this spring.

Re: Welcome

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 7:16 am
by curtiscapk
yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sweet toon! We need pics!

Re: Welcome

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:57 pm
by joe20toon
[quote="River918"]Just ordered a 2018 Avalon Excalibur 27' tri-toon with a Merc400. ....[/quote]

Wow !! That is a nice big boat...

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Re: Welcome

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:07 am
by zoom650
[quote="River918"]Just ordered a 2018 Avalon Excalibur 27' tri-toon with a Merc400. [/quote]

Hubba, hubba! That gets me all tingly!

Re: Welcome

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:15 pm
by River918
[quote="curtiscapk"]yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sweet toon! We need pics![/quote]


I'll post them up as soon as I take delivery...

Re: Welcome

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 10:11 am
by OldGuy
Hello and thanks for the add.

Re: Welcome

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 10:18 am
by OldGuy
I bought my first pontoon a couple of months ago. It is in storage till I pick it up. Also bought a trailer. Looking for answers as to whether I need to strap the pontoon onto the trailer, or will the weight of the pontoon itself plus being attached to the winch be enough to hold it on the trailer, while I travel.

Re: Welcome

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 12:05 pm
by Steve7
[quote="OldGuy"]I bought my first pontoon a couple of months ago. It is in storage till I pick it up. Also bought a trailer. Looking for answers as to whether I need to strap the pontoon onto the trailer, or will the weight of the pontoon itself plus being attached to the winch be enough to hold it on the trailer, while I travel.[/quote]

You should have tie downs on the rear of the pontoon and trailer. I recommend you use them always. I also add a tie down strap to the front of the trailer this is recommended by many to save your winch strap.

Re: Welcome

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 5:36 pm
by Kevin1
Hello were new to the forums and soon to be new to pontooning but not new to boats. ordered a new tracker sportfish 22 with a 115, should be at the dealer in a month or so. already planning on transferring some of the gear off of the old boat and i guess my biggest question would be about battery placement for our 24 volt Terrova. I know they should be close together for efficiency but I just cant get over putting 2 deep cycle batteries under the seat at the front corner, I would rather spread them apart to achieve some balance. is running a set of 6awg jumpers under the floor to tie the batteries together going to be a problem. other than that were really looking forward to the new addition to the fleet.

Re: Welcome

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:20 am
by FLOUNDERPOUNDER225
For putting the Batts in series I would run something larger than 6, I would probably use #4 or even #2. Then run your 6 from the final battery to your plug for the trolling motor. I wouldn't want any resistance between the 2 batteries your putting in series.

Re: Welcome

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 6:24 am
by Diamondman
New to this forum and new owner of Suncatcher Elite 324 SS with a Yamaha 200 . Do all our boating on Table Rock Lake, Missouri. Looking forward to sharing owner experience with everyone.