Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

Wanted to build a smaller fishing pontoon. Found a 14' 1996 Sea Hunt 8' wide rotting away at a marina near Detroit. Drove 5 hours each way and picked it up. Was in rough shape. Had nice solid 23" tubes though. Tore it down to the cross members are started from scratch. Originally made it a open deck no furniture fishing platform with a tiller motor. Eventually broke down and added a steering console and bench seating. Added a center tube and I really liked the way everything came out. I also converted a trailer originally designed for a deep V into a trailer for the pontoon boat. I decided that I needed more room so just sold it and picked up (2) 22' long 25" tubes and I'm starting with a new project. I'll post the info on the new project in another post. I loved building the first one and it was great driving the boat after all the hard work I put in. I learned a lot during the first build and look forward to this next one.

that thing is sweet! Nice job and good luck on your next one! Been there as well check out the link in my sig for tips and what not to do.

Cute little bugger... What kind of speed did it wrangle once you went with the 3rd toon and bigger motor?

teecro wrote:Cute little bugger... What kind of speed did it wrangle once you went with the 3rd toon and bigger motor?

Oh Oo, sounds like somebody's thinking of adding a 3rd toon?

ron nh wrote:

teecro wrote:Cute little bugger... What kind of speed did it wrangle once you went with the 3rd toon and bigger motor?

Oh Oo, sounds like somebody's thinking of adding a 3rd toon?

Thinking?

If I had the money to do it correctly I would have done done it...

With the 3 tubes and 30hp I saw around 15mph. No speed demon. Was a great little boat. Awesome for fishing. Piece of cake to launch and retrieve.