Re: Is Pontoon suppose to have compressed air?
As fo the foam in the "Toon" logs, some have it and some do not. Mine does not, I know at the time I purchased mine that some did. Mine is also all aluminum, with no wood for decking. Some have different compartments in the logs, in case of a hole being punched in another portion of it. One disadvantage is if it has foam, and you get some water in (as I do from time to time in one log) it will saturate the foam, making it much heavier. I pull the plugs on mine every so often, and drain the water. I see many "Toons" on the lake that they definently should check them out, as there is too much of one or both of their logs under water, meaning they do not have much keeping them afloat. The neighbors (I live at the lake) purchased a new pontoon, and I advised them to take it out of the water, and check it as it was sitting too low on one side. They put it on the trailer, and pulled the plug, and the log was very wet inside, yes they had a leak, so they took it back to the dealer. As for the playing submarine, this has happened to me twice, but it was in a very bad storm with big waves both times. If the front end drops down over a big wave, and the front goes under water, it will keep going down, till you cut the throttle, then it will pop up, sending a sheet of water a foot or two deep from front to back across your deck, sweeping anything on the deck that will fit under the rails out the back. It really does not last long, but can get very scarry, so I can understand your concern, I do not know how it happened without a big wave though, unless you had a lot of water in your logs, or you had one helluva lot of weight in the front end of it, or the foam is saturated, but still you need something to get it pointed down, and put the nose under water for it to start submarineing.<br />I have had more than one boat, while up on plane and a little heavy on the front end dip down a little off of a wave, and once she dips under, she is going to keep diving, untill you cut throttle, allowing her to pop back up. It can be real scarry, and could be very dangerous if you are not a fast thinker, with a fast reaction on the throttle.
