What's HOT in the Pontoon world.

As the popularity of pontoons continues to grow leaps and bounds, more manufacturers and coming out with different interior designs to meet the demands of our customers. Premier Pontoons are one of these Manufacturers. 

Premier has for a long time been one of the leaders of the industry when it comes to creative interior designs. Take a look at the 27', to 31' Boundary Waters, Grand Entertainer, Grand View models and you'll see what I'm talking about. Here's a link to their web site; http://www.pontoons.com/

Premier has recently announced a new model for 2014. The Sunsation 220 & 240 RF (Rear Facing Lounges). This seating arrangement has been available in the more expensive "Solaris" models for some time. Now it's available in the Sunsation models at a more affordable priced. Family Marine currently has one in stock and 2 more on order.  Below are diagrams of 2 boats we have on order. The boat we have in stock does not have the 2 captains chairs in the port bow area.

Soon we'll have the in stock boat assembled so we can take photo's of it and put it on our web site. As many of you know, we'll also do a video description of it for our site. 

I am amazed at the popularity of this model so far this year. We have received countless calls inquiring about them.  My estimation is that all three of these boats will be sold soon. 

In talking with our sales representative from Premier, he is stating that if we ordered a boat today, we would not see it by Memorial Day. WOW!!!  He is also anticipating that if they receive as many boat orders this March as they did last year, they could be sold out until late July. DOUBLE WOW!!!

If anyone is interested in one of these boats, I hope you'll check give us a call and we can set up an appointment of you to come as view them.

Call us at 320-222-2628

As always - HAPPY BOATING

Tom@FamilyMarineBoats.com

Good Day to Everyone and Happy March (Although the weather doesn't seem like it).

Boating season is nearly upon us. Think about it this way, Ice Out is usually around April 15th - That's only 6 weeks away. We're getting closer!!!

Today I would like to talk about a question we get asked from every boat buyer.

"What is the carrying capacity of this boat"

The Coast Guard requires every boat to have a Capacity Sticker telling you how many people the boat can carry. However this capacity can be somewhat misleading.

The capacity sticker on one of our most popular pontoons (Premier 220 Sunsation) say's 11 Persons OR 1560 LBS OR 2245 LBS Persons Motor and Gear. What exactly does that mean.

Well if you divide 1560 LBS by 11 persons that would equal 142 LBS per person. Now we all know that your not going to have 11 persons that weigh 142 LBS each on board the boat, so what they are saying is that you might have some people that weigh more and some that weigh less. As long as you Average 142 LBS. Could you have 15 person if they all weighed 100 LBS - YES, but that's not likely.

It also say's 2245 Persons, Motor and Gear. What does that mean?

The boat is rated at Maximum 115 HP and a 115 HP motor weighs approximately 400 LBS. So that's the weight they use in calculating the 11 Persons.  If you had a 40 HP motor that weighs 215 LBS could you carry more People - The answer is YES.

Lets say you have a 40 HP motor that weighs 215 LBS, a battery that weighs 75 LBS, Full tank of Gas that weighs 135 LBS and 100 LBS of gear. That totals 525 LBS. Now take 2245 LBS and subtract 525 LBS and that leaves you with 1720 LBS. Now Divide 1720 LBS by 142 LBS per person equals 12 Persons.

There you have it. The thing is that most Water Patrol Officers don't understand this and will probably ticket you if you have more than 11 Persons.

HAPPY BOATING

Tom at Family Marine