Sandrakay
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- May 24, 2016
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Hi everyone. New here and have really enjoyed reading all the various pontoon Q & A. My husband and I are first-time boat owners and we love it! We purchased a brand new 24 ft. Sun Tracker Fishin Barge as it will hold 12 and we have a large family. It was loads of fun last summer. It was fun building it online and added all the good stuff. We knew we would want to take it on bigger lakes and the river so purchased a Mercury 150. We took it down the Illinois River to Grafton last fall and that was way cool! This summer we have planned a trip up the Illinois to Chicago. My question to you guys is about pontooning along the coast of Chicago. Has anyone actually done that and how did the pontoon hold up? We have no desire to pontoon on Lake Michigan big water - just plan to hug the coast. The marina/harbor we plan to dock at is north of the Chicago River. Any advice you could spare would be appreciated!