Heading to the Avalon pontoon dealer meeting this morning... updates over the next 2 weeks

[185EZ]

Lol
40HP MOTOR + PROP

 

[Ziggy]

Lol
40HP MOTOR + PROP

Bet they sell plenty of 'em, not everyone is interested in 50+mph

 

[185EZ]

Bet they sell plenty of 'em, not everyone is interested in 50+mph

I was referring to "+ prop"
that's why i put it in bold
I'd be interested in going more than 0 mph

 

[Ziggy]

I was referring to "+ prop"
that's why i put it in bold

We rented a toon in Bora Bora. Without a captains license there it's 5hp max you can rent. Dang kid in a kayak passed us.....and a damned licensed captain nearly ran into us(we were anchored) with 40 tourists onboard, literally avoided us by a foot or 2, wife and I were about to abandon ship.

 

[DRYHEAT]

Looks like I might have found the mythical creature. It comes with a 40 HP engine. It might work for those bar runs in Parker but I don't think it would make it up river with a real current like Bullhead or Needles.

https://www.avalonpontoons.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/avalonvls.pdf



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It would get the job done, it’ll just take a while to get anywhere. Back in the late 70s I grew up on a 26 foot starlight pontoon with a 50 hp Suzuki. We had a blast on that old boat took forever to get anywhere but it was still fun.

It would be interesting to see how much it would drive up the price to upgrade to a 75 or 90. I wonder what the max from horsepower rating is on that little toon?

 

[78Southwind]

It would get the job done, it’ll just take a while to get anywhere. Back in the late 70s I grew up on a 26 foot starlight pontoon with a 50 hp Suzuki. We had a blast on that old boat took forever to get anywhere but it was still fun.

It would be interesting to see how much it would drive up the price to upgrade to a 75 or 90. I wonder what the max from horsepower rating is on that little toon?

It says 115HP at the bottom of the ad for the 20 pontoon. I am pretty sure you are not getting a brand name engine for that price. My buddy has a 20 pontoon with a 75 Honda and it can’t be faster than 15 mph up River.

 

[78Southwind]

Can someone with a Mac download these videos and upload them to YouTube? I tried to watch them with my Ipad and the server they are hosted on just can't hang. I even tried to download one of them on my PC so I could watch it but they are not compatible with MS.

 

[78Southwind]

I got this one to upload to YouTube via my phone.

Even though I couldn't watch it on my PC I was able to upload it to YouTube.

 

[DRYHEAT]

It says 115HP at the bottom of the ad for the 20 pontoon. I am pretty sure you are not getting a brand name engine for that price. My buddy has a 22 or 20 pontoon with a 75 Honda and it can’t be faster than 15 mph up River.

Probably about right, my old 22 foot bass buggy pontoon with a 70 Johnson on it ran 18 miles an hour set on kill.

 

[sirbob]

I got this one to upload to YouTube via my phone.

Even though I couldn't watch it on my PC I was able to upload it to YouTube.

Haha - look at you! Thx for figuring it out.

 

[riverroyal]

Can ask them if i can get replacements for these 2015 lights? Apparently they dont like heat.

 

[DRYHEAT]

Can ask them if i can get replacements for these 2015 lights? Apparently they dont like heat.
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At least they still have some “chrome” on them.

 

[rivermobster]

Cool thread! Seeing the process of them building them makes me even more curious on why the hell they cost so much. Seems crazy. The profit margin must be huge!!

Funny, I was thinking just the opposite after looking at all the pics...

Huge difference from how they built my old town.

Old, but very cool thread.

 

[cofooter]

Or $100,000+

Bet they sell plenty of 'em, not everyone is interested in 50+mph

 

[rivermobster]

Bet they sell plenty of 'em, not everyone is interested in 50+mph

There's a lot more fisherman in this world than there are performance toon boaters.

 

[Ziggy]

There's a lot more fisherman in this world than there are performance toon boaters.

Yessir, it's easy to get stuck in our "performance boat" bubble and forget our bubble is only one of many, many others. Kinda like trucks that don't fit the west coast lifted offroad style are "stupid".
I've learned to appreciate styles not normal to us....not that I'd want one, but the effort put into them.
Have you seen the Asian Ricers with 8 foot exhaust pipes? Funky for sure but the creativity is strong.

 

[rivermobster]

Yessir, it's easy to get stuck in our "performance boat" bubble and forget our bubble is only one of many, many others. Kinda like trucks that don't fit the west coast lifted offroad style are "stupid".
I've learned to appreciate styles not normal to us....not that I'd want one, but the effort put into them.
Have you seen the Asian Ricers with 8 foot exhaust pipes? Funky for sure but the creativity is strong.

Those truck are Stoopid!

But yeah...

I'm happy just being on the water.

 

[cofooter]

Those truck are Stoopid!

But yeah...

I'm happy just being on the water.

Best thing ever!!!