Covering a pontoon on the water

[Pughole]

I have a pontoon that we dock but leave in water, has anyone tried to put a car port or camper port in the water so you could pull the pontoon into so it is covered?

 

[MH Hawker]

Re: Covering a pontoon on the water

Its called a covered slip. and many people have those.

 

[Campylobacter]

Re: Covering a pontoon on the water

Most lakes have pretty strict rules about what you can put in the water.

Just that you are considering tells me that you must have pretty lenient regulations and a fairly constant (and shallow) water depth. Have you considered building a proper pier with a slip? It wouldn't be that much more expense and effort.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Covering a pontoon on the water

In addition to complying with zoning and environmental regs (no way under the Chesapeake Bay Conservation Act), you need one that is weatherproof, especially for wind and well anchored, rust proof, and bump proof--the legs have to withstand your pontoon bumping it (yes, it will). The legs hav eo tbe long enough to be secured to the bottom--buried but not sinking--and to give you enough clearance to get the floating boat in and out andf accomodate water level rises.

Now, if you had a floating pier with finger piers on each side and the right size for the legs, or mooring pilings placed exactly where the legs would go, maybe. If you have a lift, over the lift.

But in the end, the prefab structures are too flimsy and you need to build a proper roof.