sugarnspice498
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Hi guys-
I just bought a pontoon about 4 days ago. I have taken it out almost all day every day. Today I had 7 people on it; 4 adults and 3 children. It's an 18 foot sylvan mirage cruiser; capacity is 1075 pounds or 8 people. I'm kind of bigger but everyone else is "normal" sized. I felt like the weight was pretty evenly distributed. Anyway, about an hour after we were out the front of the pontoon started to go down into the water. Then I felt like with the engine going it was pushing us further in the water. People moved quickly to the back and I cut the engine down but it scared the crap out of me. It happened once more, not as bad, later. I haven't been that scared in a while and the kids were pretty scared too. We had more people move to the back and the kids up front but I don't feel like we had more weight than we're allowed to on the boat. I have been reading that you "can't" sink a pontoon boat but I'm sure that's not actually true. It's a brand new boat as well, I'm the first owner. I bought the new boat so I didn't have to worry about maintenance issues right away, like buying a new car. Any advice you could give me would be great. I was pretty terrified and kind of want to get back on the horse so to speak but can't say I'm jumping at the bit anymore to get out on it and it's only 4 days old. Thank you so much!
I just bought a pontoon about 4 days ago. I have taken it out almost all day every day. Today I had 7 people on it; 4 adults and 3 children. It's an 18 foot sylvan mirage cruiser; capacity is 1075 pounds or 8 people. I'm kind of bigger but everyone else is "normal" sized. I felt like the weight was pretty evenly distributed. Anyway, about an hour after we were out the front of the pontoon started to go down into the water. Then I felt like with the engine going it was pushing us further in the water. People moved quickly to the back and I cut the engine down but it scared the crap out of me. It happened once more, not as bad, later. I haven't been that scared in a while and the kids were pretty scared too. We had more people move to the back and the kids up front but I don't feel like we had more weight than we're allowed to on the boat. I have been reading that you "can't" sink a pontoon boat but I'm sure that's not actually true. It's a brand new boat as well, I'm the first owner. I bought the new boat so I didn't have to worry about maintenance issues right away, like buying a new car. Any advice you could give me would be great. I was pretty terrified and kind of want to get back on the horse so to speak but can't say I'm jumping at the bit anymore to get out on it and it's only 4 days old. Thank you so much!