TR: Frank and the Smallies

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:15:44 -0400, "Tim J."
wrote:

Frank Church wrote:
Frank Church wrote in
9.11:

...I just love to re my own post but forgot to add that I sent some
shots of the float to Timmy so he can post them, hopefully he will
let us know when they are up.

http://css.sbcma.com/timj/roffpics/2005_andy_maine/

Really nice photos, Frank. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice guys

A question for you pontoon users. I got a chance to use one once and
it felt like I was rowing in mud. The owner later claimed it was
underinflated. Was he right or giving me a line since he wanted to
sell it to me?

Peter

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Peter Charles wrote in
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A question for you pontoon users. I got a chance to use one once and
it felt like I was rowing in mud. The owner later claimed it was
underinflated. Was he right or giving me a line since he wanted to
sell it to me?

....I suppose that it could have been underinflated Peter, but it seems to
me that (a) you would have noticed the semi-flaccid pontoons, you know,
shrinkage and wrinkles, or (b) if this guy was trying to sell it to you he
should have pumped it up for your demo. The new one I have now fairly
scoots across the water with minimal effort on my part. These were
Flyfish's pontoon boats we were using which have 8 ft pontoons and weigh
around 65# empty, yet I had no problem whatever rowing mine. I'm absolutely
sold on P/boats and use mine more than my power boat. If you're looking by
brand name, his are WaterSkeeters and mine is a TU Madison which weighs in
at 46# and has 7 ft pontoons. Cabelas carries both I think.

Frank Church

On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:42:00 GMT, Frank Church
wrote:

Peter Charles wrote in
:

A question for you pontoon users. I got a chance to use one once and
it felt like I was rowing in mud. The owner later claimed it was
underinflated. Was he right or giving me a line since he wanted to
sell it to me?

...I suppose that it could have been underinflated Peter, but it seems to
me that (a) you would have noticed the semi-flaccid pontoons, you know,
shrinkage and wrinkles, or (b) if this guy was trying to sell it to you he
should have pumped it up for your demo. The new one I have now fairly
scoots across the water with minimal effort on my part. These were
Flyfish's pontoon boats we were using which have 8 ft pontoons and weigh
around 65# empty, yet I had no problem whatever rowing mine. I'm absolutely
sold on P/boats and use mine more than my power boat. If you're looking by
brand name, his are WaterSkeeters and mine is a TU Madison which weighs in
at 46# and has 7 ft pontoons. Cabelas carries both I think.

Frank Church


The other guy had a water skeeter and he blew by me using half the
energy. The pontoons on the one I was using did not look soft, saggy
or under inflated. I think they were just too small for the boat so
it sat too low in the water. I think it was a 7' Fish Cat but I can't
be sure. I know the pontoons were much smaller than the water
skeeter.

Peter

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