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A guy at my marina built a pontoon houseboat

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:29 pm
by mike003

Re: A guy at my marina built a pontoon houseboat

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:43 pm
by HandymanHerb
All that with a 25 hp and 12 gallon of fuel

Re: A guy at my marina built a pontoon houseboat

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:24 pm
by timmac
It has a max HP rating at 125hp and they only install a 25hp ?, I will tell you if this boat gets into a head wind it might not move, I know this because my 18 footer has a 30hp and it runs good with 2 people but when I have 4-5 it runs slow, but a 25hp on a 40ft houseboat ain't going nowhere in a head wind.. Better stock a lot beer...

Re: A guy at my marina built a pontoon houseboat

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:15 pm
by FloterBoter
it's not for me.

Re: A guy at my marina built a pontoon houseboat

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:13 pm
by mike003
Restricted horsepower lake. It's only 1350 acres. 30hp for houseboats, 10hp for everything else. If the wife and I move to the Kentucky Lake area like we want to, I'll definitely be upping my motor.

Re: A guy at my marina built a pontoon houseboat

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:36 am
by slingshot
I like it. I can see myself retiring on something like that. As for the motor, build in a 50 gal tank and I'll be cruising the intercostals’ waterway for a month w/o a fill up. A 25hp should get ya 6 or 8 mph which is troller speed and those things cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Add a generator and a solar panel or two with a bank of batteries and its game on. Of course, direct TV is a given.

Re: A guy at my marina built a pontoon houseboat

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:37 am
by mike003
It's not a place you'll find luxury houseboats, but they do have fun!
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Re: A guy at my marina built a pontoon houseboat

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:57 am
by mike
I think its neat! Anytime someone makes something themselves its cool! :nana

Re: A guy at my marina built a pontoon houseboat

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:59 pm
by Boss Hoss
i have 2 48' pontoons and have been pondering building a boat but i just bought a 32' party cruiser, anybody have any info on sat tv on the water and a frigde that runs on propane and gen would the in motion system that works on motor homes work on a boat?

Re: A guy at my marina built a pontoon houseboat

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:41 pm
by FloterBoter
wow your boat looks just like a cycle :shock:

Re: A guy at my marina built a pontoon houseboat

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:54 pm
by WaltF
Ya.. i dont think that boat would float.
But it looks Damn Nice! :nana :nana