JC Boles Pontoon information needed

Anyone have information or experience with JC Boles pontoons. I have visited his website. I am looking for an electric pontoon for our lake.

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Any pontoon can be electric, that's just the drive system and the drive is determined by how big and how long you want to cruse and so on.

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There is a company called Torqeedo that makes electric outboards so you can make any boat you would like electric, just a matter of finding room for all the batteries.

A for Boles, I popped over the their site for a second and I would guess they are a very small company just getting started or they have been around for awhile and just not grown, the boats look very dated, I work at Bennington so that is what I am used to looking at.

Any small pontoon would work really well with that Torqeedo engine and you would have a bit more style too.

ANd best of all they sell them here at iboats torqeedo - iboats

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Looking at their website, the JC Boles are a bit different from the typical pontoons most people think of. It seems to be a very small company ran by a retired aerospace teacher. It appears it started as a hobby and went from there. They are more like a kit boat than a standard toon. I see you can buy one in kit form for $1800 including the electric motor. That's not a bad price if you have some basic tools to put it together. You can buy one fully assembled, with electric motor and trailer for $3000 up to $6500, depending on size and features.

All in all, if it is something that interests you for smaller lakes, you are not going to find a boat from any of the well known bigger manufacturers for that kind of money. The guy builds them in southern Illinois, so it wouldn't be a terribly long drive for you to pick one up, versus the expensive shipping. Heck, drive down there and have a look at them in person before you commit.

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You could check out Tamarack Lake Electric Boat Co. They have been at it for a while.

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Lurch77 said:

Looking at their website, the JC Boles are a bit different from the typical pontoons most people think of. It seems to be a very small company ran by a retired aerospace teacher. It appears it started as a hobby and went from there. They are more like a kit boat than a standard toon. I see you can buy one in kit form for $1800 including the electric motor. That's not a bad price if you have some basic tools to put it together. You can buy one fully assembled, with electric motor and trailer for $3000 up to $6500, depending on size and features.

All in all, if it is something that interests you for smaller lakes, you are not going to find a boat from any of the well known bigger manufacturers for that kind of money. The guy builds them in southern Illinois, so it wouldn't be a terribly long drive for you to pick one up, versus the expensive shipping. Heck, drive down there and have a look at them in person before you commit.

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I started this post because the Boles pontoons are different and hoped to get some firsthand experience. I will defintely go down there before making a commitment.