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- 2023 Lexington LEXINGTON 626Price Drop: $3,005 (Sep 12)$71,990Price Drop: $3,005 (Sep 12)Rockwood, TN 37854Offered By: Factory Direct Marine & RV
- Offered By: Chessie Marine Sales Inc.
- Offered By: Chessie Marine Sales Inc.
- Offered By: Chessie Marine Sales Inc.
- Offered By: Factory Direct Marine & RV
- Offered By: Gregg Orr Marine Texarkana
- Offered By: Gregg Orr Marine Texarkana
- Offered By: Long Lake Marina
- Offered By: Arrowhead Boat & Yacht Co/Beaver Lake
- Offered By: Arrowhead Boat Sales
- 2023 Bennington 23 LSBPrice Drop: $6,362 (Oct 1)Offered By: Thayer Marine, Inc
- 2023 Bennington 22 LFBPrice Drop: $3,888 (Oct 2)Offered By: Thayer Marine, Inc
- 2023 Bennington 22 LFBCPrice Drop: $4,153 (Oct 1)Offered By: Thayer Marine, Inc
- 2023 Bennington 22 LSBPrice Drop: $1,469 (Oct 1)Offered By: Thayer Marine, Inc
- 2023 Bennington 22 LSBPrice Drop: $4,028 (Oct 2)Offered By: Thayer Marine, Inc
- 2023 Bennington 22 LXSBPrice Drop: $4,947 (Oct 2)Offered By: Thayer Marine, Inc
- 2023 Bennington 22 LSRPrice Drop: $3,750 (Oct 2)Offered By: Thayer Marine, Inc
- Offered By: Smithville Marine
- 2023 Bennington 20 SSRPrice Drop: $3,976 (Oct 1)Offered By: Thayer Marine, Inc
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- Offered By: Edwards Yacht Sales
- 2002 Destination Yachts 4415 special custom Houseboat
2002 Destination Yachts 4415 special custom Houseboat
$125,000Page, AZ 86040Offered By: ARAMARK - 2006 Custom-Craft PontoonPrice Drop: $2,600 (Oct 4)Offered By: Private Seller
Pontoon boats
Pontoon boats, also sometimes called "party barges," are designed with two metal pontoons (also called tubes or even “logs”). Unlike earlier versions that were basically just platforms fixed on top of two floating pontoons, the new designs often feature three pontoons known as "tri-toons" that are hydrodynamically shaped and efficient in the water, with the middle pontoon lower than the two outboard ones to promote banking and steering that can often rival that of monohulls. Combined with high-powered modern outboards, some of the new breed of pontoons can skim over the water at top speeds over 40 mph, making fast passages between home and fun zone. They're still relatively uncommon in areas where the water can get downright rough, but they’re certainly gaining momentum on the coasts. Meanwhile, inland boaters are experiencing increasingly refined fun aboard their pontoon boats, not only with higher speed and maneuverability, but with pop-up changing tents, enclosed heads, built-in coolers, outdoor cooking and refrigeration, and ever-better ergonomics in seating and swimming areas.
A great boat for entertaining, some models can be adapted for freshwater fishing or for sport-like performance. You can find a pontoon that will fit every need: performance pontoons, watersports pontoons, luxury pontoons, fishing pontoons, family-friendly pontoons, mini pontoon boats, and value pontoons.
For sheer comfort afloat, combining an ideal platform for swimming, lounging, and partying with enough speed and maneuverability to tow skiers, tubers, and wakeboarders, it’s hard to beat a modern pontoon boat.
Expert Pontoon boats Reviews
What are pontoon boats?
Pontoon boats are medium-sized, trailerable vessels commonly used for endeavors such as day cruising, freshwater fishing and watersports. These types of vessels can differ in size, with the smallest current boat listed at 16 feet in length, to the longest vessel measuring in at 28 feet, and an average length of 23 feet. These boats are constructed by a wide variety of boat building companies with hull types including pontoon, modified vee, deep vee, trimaran and other designs. Boat Trader currently has 12,544 pontoon boats for sale, including 10,184 new vessels and 2,360 used boats, listed by both private sellers and professional yacht brokers and boat dealerships across the country.
What are the best pontoon boats?
Some of the most popular designers of pontoon boats as of today include: Bennington, Sun Tracker, Sylvan, Harris and Starcraft. These builders construct pontoon boats models with outboard, outboard-4S, inboard, inboard/outboard and outboard-2S propulsion systems, available in gas, electric, diesel and other fuel systems. In the past 30 days, the top, most-viewed pontoon boats brands on Boat Trader were Avalon, Bennington, Harris, Premier and Sun Tracker.
How much do pontoon boats cost?
Pontoon boats for sale on Boat Trader are available for an assortment of prices from a sensible $8,993 on the lower-end all the way up to $223,522 for the most luxury model vessels. Models with more power can take motors up to 600 horsepower, while the more modest utility models may have as little as 27 horsepower engines on them (although the average power size is 150 HP).
Why are pontoon boats popular?
Pontoon boats are popular for their shallow draft and average beam, qualities that make these boats favorable for day cruising, freshwater fishing and watersports. Pontoon boats are also popular boats for rivers and lakes and other shallow fresh bodies of water. From our current listings, the average number of passengers that pontoon boats can take is 12 people with a maximum of 19. Also, with 12,544 pontoon boats presently listed for sale and 3,890 boats added in the past 30 days, Boat Trader is confident you’ll find the boat you are looking for.