Recent content by AlexW

Thank you all for the replies!  I'm prepared for the pain of moving and storage....we've borrowed one from a friend in the past.   Does anyone have comments on particular brands?

I apologize if this has been discussed here, I did a search and didn't find much.  We would like to get a floating water pad this year for the kids.  I know there are a gazillion options out there....Paradise Pads, Aqua Lily Pad, etc, etc.  A couple questions..... Anybody have experience with a...

I know the general area - you definitely want a big vehicle for towing there!   :) I'll echo Jeff's comments.  I've pulled a Mastercraft to Minocqua several times (not the pontoon, though), it isn't a flat trip. We took our 2375GCW to Delavan a few weeks ago - across Highway 11 to I-43; I have...

I don't know exactly where you're from in SW Wisconsin, but we get around Dubuque, Galena, and all of southern Wisconsin often.  With the hills and road conditions around this area, I wouldn't consider anything less that a full-size vehicle to pull our pontoon.  If you're set on a Toyota, I...

No idea on the tach, but the current in the river we're on has certainly been a factor with those numbers.  We're headed into Wisconsin and will be on a lake in August, so I should get some numbers I have more confidence in.   I would like to be closer to the top of the range for WOT, but...

I read through your whole thread last week.  It was a little discouraging!   I knew you guys were going to ask for this, but I don't have great numbers.  We just got the boat this spring and the river was so high and fast here the first few times we took it out that my numbers were kind of...

We'll be there (well tentatively.....my wife will be 38 weeks with baby #2 on August 23rd)!  I'll keep an eye out for your boat, but if it is as busy as usual you might be hard to find!

We currently have a 17P Mercury Vengeance prop on a F200 (we bought the boat with the prop already on).  I want to change the prop out to get where I want to be and have been looking at 15P props.  The engineer in me says to just change one variable so stick with a Vengeance but go to 15P.  I...

Jeremy - thanks!  I'm also in Dubuque, but we do most of our boating in the southern half of the pool.  Did you have your Lily Pad last year?  I remember seeing someone with one behind a Bennington at Kittoes, but don't remember if it was the boat in your gallery.

Who did your cover extension?

Echoing the S&D comments - how many 15 year old pontoons are out there with three tubes and 150HP+ motor?  There are some, but very few.  This "style" of boat is relatively new so there isn't a significant amount of used inventory out there driving prices down.  I spent 18 months scouring...

I see a couple people mentioned tying up with others.  Would a small box hold our 2375 GCW, a similar sized (gasp) Manitou, and a decent sized ski boat in wind?  I keep putting off buying one because I can't decide what size to get. 

If you're price matching they're like $1 cheaper here.   B) http://www.boatersplus.com/anchoring-and-docking/anchors/box-anchors/

Welcome!   Are you just looking at a single slalom skier or how crazy do you get?  How serious are they about their skiing?  I'm far from a great skier, but the wake behind my parent's Mastercraft is much different than the wake behind my Bennington.  I'm not aware of Perfect Pass or a similar...

C'mon, you ponied up the money for a Bennington....I bet you can at least imagine what it costs.   ;)