Sea legs question

[Glava2876]

I have a 2021 23L and love it! I’m on the St Lawrence river and have a permanent dock, with a lift next to it.
This river gets wind and waves which can get pretty rough.
The Bennington has no problem on the water and my lift does a great job of keeping it safe when things get rocking and rolling.
The biggest challenge is when we go out and the wind & waves get bad before we return.
I have to turn perpendicular to the waves and wind and river flow to get into my lift -like threading a needle.
I’m revisiting the idea of Sea legs or similar as an option. I have a 50’ deck that has 6’ to 1 depth along the side.
We are also on bedrock, so a solid floor.
Just looking to see currently how many are currently using this type of system and rough costs.

 

[Vikingstaff]

I have a 2021 23L and love it! I’m on the St Lawrence river and have a permanent dock, with a lift next to it.
This river gets wind and waves which can get pretty rough.
The Bennington has no problem on the water and my lift does a great job of keeping it safe when things get rocking and rolling.
The biggest challenge is when we go out and the wind & waves get bad before we return.
I have to turn perpendicular to the waves and wind and river flow to get into my lift -like threading a needle.
I’m revisiting the idea of Sea legs or similar as an option. I have a 50’ deck that has 6’ to 1 depth along the side.
We are also on bedrock, so a solid floor.
Just looking to see currently how many are currently using this type of system and rough costs.

Search “Sea Legs” in the upper right hand corner…under me if you wish - Vikingstaff. Also, some have Ultra Legs, basically same thing, different company, so their stories would pertain to you as well.

I started with a covered lift in 2017. Switched to Sea Legs in 2019. Have had them since. They are great! I would not get another pontoon or tritoon without them. With a solid bedrock floor, you are more than set for them working great for you. We are on the largest inland lake in Michigan. It too gets very windy and rough. I DO NOT miss having to “thread the needle” of a covered lift in rough weather.

Consult with a local boat dealership that partners with Sea Legs. Costs can vary slightly depending on what the dealership charges on top of the costs. Tritoon legs are more expensive than dual pontoon legs due to being a bit more robust and complicated system. Our tritoon’s Sea Legs were $8k in 2019. At the time, dual pontoon legs were around $5k. I want to say they are $9-10k these days depending on the dealership (which if kind of funny since typically Sea Legs techs travel to the dealerhsip for the install).

Anyway, feel free to PM any questions you have, or to ask in this thread. I probably have shared my personal pros and cons of them in a dozen threads over the years. So if you find some of my posts on the subject, you will also get some more details.

 

[Glava2876]

Thanks for the great response. So it sounds like a good fix for my problem. My next problem is that I’m in NY and the nearest dealer is 45 miles away and the next is 85.
I have a good lift, so I figure I can sell that to get something towards Sea legs

 

[Vikingstaff]

Thanks for the great response. So it sounds like a good fix for my problem. My next problem is that I’m in NY and the nearest dealer is 45 miles away and the next is 85.
I have a good lift, so I figure I can sell that to get something towards Sea legs

When we got our Sea Legs in 2019 I put my covered lift system up for sale on FB marketplace. Sold it in 5 days, but it was also June. I covered the entire install of my Sea Legs, but took a 2k hit on the 2 year old lift compared to its new price. Overall, I was pretty happy with basically doing a swap out.