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Pontoon Boat Advantages

Why Choose a Pontoon Boat? Pontoon Boats offer many advantages compared to conventional mono-hull boats.

  • More affordable
    Compare pontoon boats to any runabout that can carry the same number of people with so much comfort and you’ll see pontoon boats are on average 50% cheaper to buy.

  • More comfortable
    The flat deck of a pontoon boat allows for more luxurious seating and better layout that works with the things you want to do.

  • Lighter in weight
    Pontoon boat design and construction provides excellent people capacity to weight ratios which in turn make a pontoon boat easier to tow and cheaper to run – both on the water and towing on the road.

  • More friendly for elderly and disabled
    The flat flooring and easy opening gates enable much safer entry and exit for everyone, young children, the elderly and disabled. You can wheel on a pram or wheelchair on board many pontoon oats straight from the dock.

  • Incredible strength and stability
    Modern pontoon boats use lightweight yet incredibly strong and durable materials able to withstand rigorous pounding. Pontoon boats are by design unlike traditional boats, providing most buoyancy around the outside perimeter (traditional boat designs have most buoyancy along the centre line). The pontoon boat design creates a much more stable platform less affected by people moving about.

  • Tremendous safety “virtually unsinkable”
    Totally sealed pontoon floats are “unswampable” and very resistant to puncturing. In the event that a pontoon is breached, they are divided into multiple chambers providing adequate buoyancy to get you back to port safely under most conditions.
    Southland Sealed Chambers
  • Versatile - super multi purpose
    Room for your whole family and frinds. Pontoons are an excellent platform for fishing, relaxing and even water skiing. Don't let the physical shape of a pontoon fool you into thinking these boats are not fast.