Recent content by Black Pearl

The cover on our 2011 2550 RCL snaps onto the upper part of the side fences, allowing rain to roll down the fence, and then into the space between the bottom of the fence and the floor/deck, and soak the carpet. Its especially bad around the port-side access gate. There is a quarter- to...

Here is a JD Power survey of pontoon owners from 2008 or 2009. Y axis is number of "problems" per 100 boats (less better, but its reversed axis in this graph, so higher on the graph is better), and the X - axis is "Average Boat Satisfaction" (greater satisfaction is better, or more to the...

We narrowed down to the Manitou Explode and the Benny 2550 RCL. We wanted a high performance pontoon with a great layout. I thought the SES layout used up the whole back of the boat for just 2 people. The layout of the R series Club is very interesting. Get the center filler seat for the...

We recently took delivery of a new 2550 RCL w tritoons and ESP package and 300 HP Yamaha. It will reach 47 mph w one person aboard and full tank of fuel. It burns 24 gph at full throttle. With 9 passengers on board and bimini up the top speed degrades to 42 mph. My favorite cruise speed...