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One heck of an impact
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:52 am
by Fall Creek
This is a picture of my friends pontoon. We "hit" something on our local lake and it just peeled that toon open. I have never seen anything like this... So we hauled a$$ back to the marina and pulled it out of the water. It took us a while to find someone with a trailer to pull it out but it never "sank". Question: Anyone know if toons have baffels in them or are they completely hollow?
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Re: One heck of an impact
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:17 am
by E_
I did a few searches and what I found out was:
Some have baffles, some have foam, some are hollow straight through.
Go here
http://www.pontoonhouseboatodyssey.com/ ... s_101.html and scroll down to "Pontoon Design"
Re: One heck of an impact
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:30 pm
by MarineAssist
I have raised sunken pontoons in the past.
Most pontoons are open all the way. Some of them have a separate compartment for the very front V shaped part. Most of the ones with U shaped logs are foam filled, but they get heavy over time.
As long as a pontoon does not have a hole in the TOP of it where air can escape, they will float with a hole in the bottom. Same concept as a Hydro Hoist. When you vent the air out the top, they sink.