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  1. Cubbyblue22

    Battery Location

    Now that i've figured out i'm getting a rear entry railing set I'm wondering where I locate the battery. My gas is on the left hand side under the sundeck but the battery use to sit on the right under the opposite side. I figured I'd just put it under the back bench couch but I wanted to know...
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    CrossMember question

    So i finally get all my screws out of the deck and then when I go to take them out I find that my crossmembers are not the normal Z or C channels but to me there lowercase t channels. The boards slide through the top of the members and then I screw them down. Not sure if anyone else knows much...
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    Transom Question

    So in my restructuring of my old boat i'm down to everything torn off the boat completely. My boat is a 100 hp rating with a max. of 15 people. "24 foot boat." When I bought the boat I noticed the original transom has a wood block for the motor mount part, and of course I found a 100 hp. motor...
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    Steering system

    I just took the steering system out of my old console and luckily it still works great. Even though it was a pain in the butt to take out. I was wondering if anyone knew the specific name for the white tube that comes out of "what i think is called helm." Also what's the purpose of it?
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    Restoring Process

    So i'm at the point with my pontoon that all I have to do is rip the old wood off and then i'm on to putting all my new accessories together. However, I wanted to ask everyone what steps they would take when building their pontoon. I know a lot of you here have put together pontoons and so i'm...
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    Understanding Boat Wiring

    I think one of the things new people tend to have problems with is the electrical part with re-modeling a new boat. So looking around i see pontoonspecialists have a boat you can buy from them named Understanding Boat Wiring by John C. Payne. Just seeing if anybody out there has actually read...
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    iboats Pontoon

    Whenever you go on iboats.com there is always a picture at the top of the home page with some advertisement logo. I was just wondering if any of you had seen the pontoon pic. yet, which is easy to do if you just keep hitting the iboats logo at the top. I'm seeing if anyone can figure out what...
  8. Cubbyblue22

    Pontoon Covers

    Started looking around a bit and wow is this a very variable price purchase. I can find pontoon covers for low as 120 and as high as 600. I've come down to the Durashield covers which look really nice but I of course want to run it through everyone first. I mean some of these covers are so...
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    Carpet really just a preference???

    Looking at everyones different style carpeting and all the different styles you get with the different oz. carpeting it looks to me that most of it's just for preference. So I was wondering if anyone knows of pros and cons going with a heavier oz. carpeting or a lighter one. Also what's your...
  10. Cubbyblue22

    2 outboards

    So I know this is going to be quite an easy answer for a lot of you. I have an 18 foot Crestliner fishing boat that i'm going to be putting on a 35 hp johnson. It already has a 9.9 Mariner and I don't want to have to switch both motors on and off back and forth. So by keeping both on at the...
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    Painting your logs??

    Hey everyone, I was talking with my welder the other day and I was describing to him that I have a few bad spots on my logs that have been really scratched up and you can see some shavings dug into it. He recommended the only way we could really fix it is take a real light sandpaper type...
  12. Cubbyblue22

    24' Sandbar Pontoon Trailer

    For this year I've been looking at getting the trailer for my pontoon boat and I've recently gone with a bunk style trailer instead of the scissor type because of safety and a much nicer ride. So I found someone on craigslist that sells brand new 24' bunk style trailers that are galvanized...
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    Manitou Pontoon Boats

    So i've been looking at some of the new models of Pontoon boats and never really hear much about these Manitou pontoon boats. Anyone own one or know of anybody that does???? Wondering how they are and what people's perspective is on them.
  14. Cubbyblue22

    Pontoon music

    I was thinking about this the other day and I think our type of music we listen to on our pontoon is different then what other people listen to on the water. If I can hear some of our fav. that would be amazing. Some of mine: Frankie Vallie: Oh What A Night Rupert Holmes: Escape Tom Petty...
  15. Cubbyblue22

    Rear Entry Idea

    So I've been going over how much furniture is going to cost and all the measurements. I know that I'm going to want to have a rear entry because I know i'll be pulling tubes from time to time. However, I also want a rear sun deck but it looks like it's impossible because I'll only have 5 feet...
  16. Cubbyblue22

    Deck Joint Sealant

    Hey everyone, As I look to see what parts I'm going to need for my flooring this spring when I start restoring my pontoon, I see Deck Joint Sealant is something I may need. I was wondering if people here think it's a necessity and a must have product, or something that is just nice to...
  17. Cubbyblue22

    Ice Fishing necessities

    It's the first week where I can tell winter is here to stay which usually makes me pretty upset but this year I'm thinking of investing into ice fishing. It's always something i've wanted to do but never had the money, now the cash is in hand and i'm ready. I've been looking at so many...
  18. Cubbyblue22

    Christmas!

    Yes yes I know it's not christmas yet or even thanksgiving for that matter but I was wondering what things us pontoon owners may be asking for Christmas. Also if you reply, what things you may think of in certain price ranges would be helpful too.
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    Motor opportunity

    So I recently came across a motor that looks like a 1975 115 hp mercury that is in pretty good shape. Now it does have controls but it does not have power tilt. Is this something that most of you pontoon owners would say is a must have??? Keep in mind i'm only 22 and on a tight budget, but...
  20. Cubbyblue22

    Foam filled U-shaped toons

    I recently bought a pontoon with the U-shaped foam filled toons. I've been hearing some bad reviews on here about them but didn't know they were that big of a concern when I bought them. What are the disadvantages that i'm facing and advantages if any?? I do like how the boat can hold so many...
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