Recent content by BenningtonBob

I bought a brand new 2016 Corvette Z06 a few years back. It sat in the garage all but a day a week, as I didn't want to put miles on it commuting to work and tearing it up (rocks & road debris). A year and a half later, I sold it (and took a small loss). I feel like maxing out with a tritoon...

Oh. My buddy just told me his SIL/BIL, who used to live on our lake, had a 24' pontoon with a 115HP motor. They said if they didn't pull anyone on a tube, they would have been perfectly fine with the 115. However, every time they pulled tubes, they were disappointed and wished they had a 150...

Thanks, RonMexico. Two things: Wife doesn't want to order and wait, wasting this first summer in our new place on the lake. So there's that pressure. Lol. On the VMAX - Our dealer sells a boatload of boats, mostly Bennington and Harris. They did say that they put the VMAX on most pontoons to...

It was originally configured/spec'd for sale with the 115 HP. My guess is that not everybody is going to use their vessel for "sports" (e.g,. tubing, etc.) and lots of folks will buy and stay on one lake that's pretty calm or rarely have more than a couple people on board, so no need for the...

Hey, everybody. I signed up almost three years ago when we were considering buying a toon (bought a cabin up north, sold our 2002 Regal Commodore 3060 that we owned for ~15 years and boated on Lake St. Clair in Michigan). Never bought the toon, sold the cabin, but recently moved and now we...

Was your 40% off MSRP before freight/rigging/taxes/etc? We are close to a deal on a nicely optioned 2021 23 RFB with a Yamaha VF150 SHO they have in stock. It's *not* a tritoon, but we live on a smaller private lake and I doubt we'll trailer anywhere much at all (2 or 3 times a year, tops)...

Our CU will do 7 years @ 3.99% or 10/12/15 years at 4.44%

Thanks, Mike31406. The 8 person load would be total (on the boat and/or on the tube). Your payload sounds very close to what we expect. As for the bow seat: Yea, I did. But this boat is on the floor, so it's not like they will let us remove it and save money ... :)

Well, when I saw the topic "Performance issues", I was glad to see the conversation was about boats ... :D

I'm always one to do far more homework than most when it comes to larger purchases. Any thoughts on the following would be appreciated. As a prelude, we were boaters for 16 seasons on Lake St. Clair (often called the 6th Great Lake, but nothing like the other five) in a Regal Commodore 3060...