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    Lifting Pontoon Boat Off the Ground

    I have my 20ft pontoon pulled up on my beach and is sitting on 4 6x6 wooden blocks. I usually have a trailer back in to load and unload to/from the shore at the change of each season but the ground is too wet and soft this year. I would like to raise the boat high enough to remove the blocks and...
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    Storing Pontoon on my own property over the winter

    First time boat owner and it looks like my best option is to store the pontoon on my beach shoreline as I do not have a trailer or storage space. My main questions are ideas to pull the boat ashore and raise it on to pipe, wood or blocks. It is a 1995 20ft pontoon in the Michigan winter weather...
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    Electric problem battery only pontoon, batteries charge but no radio or lights

    First time boat owner not sure how to go about troubleshooting electrical problem. I bought a used pontoon (electric motor only) that had some bad batteries and replaced them (8 bank 48v) and now runs great but before I did that I lost all power to radio and lights. My thoughts were when...
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    Ray Electric Outboard Motor

    I'm moving on a small lake that is electric motor only so my choices are limited. I found a used 20ft 1995 Sweetwater pontoon that has an Ray electric motor on it. Ray claims that 99% of their motors are still in use, they first came out back in 1974. Does anyone have any experience or advice...
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    Newbie Questions Electric Motor Pontoon

    I just bought a home on a small electric motor only lake and have never owned a boat before. I have driven gas motor pontoon boats but I am lost when it comes to electric motor pontoons. Money is short after buying the house and used electric motor pontoons are hard to come by in Michigan so my...
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