Name:   DSCR - Subject:   Boats longer than 30'-6" banned on Lake Martin? Date:   7/20/2016 9:57:26 AM

There have ben "deck boats" for a long time. With many different hull types. Tri-hull, flat bottom, shallow-v, and like the ones in your link, traditional deep-V hulls. Which are no different than traditional deep-V bow riders. A planing hull with a deep-V up front to cut through waves and direct the splash to the side. The deck boats in the picture create no more or less wake than a traditional bow rider. They ride like a bow rider. They handle like a bow rider. The top deck is different than a traditional bow rider, but below the gunwale they are almost identical.

A real ski boat is a displacement hull. Tweak a few things, add some stern weight and you have a wakeboard boat.

Our current boat is a Sea Ray 240 sundeck. It handles rides and from the side, looks like a traditional bow rider. It creates no more wake than a traditional bow rider. And, just like a traditional bow rider, when we come off plane, it makes more wake than when on plane. Same with my 20" Sea Ray Bow rider before this, and my 18' Chapparral bow rider before that.

So, you dont like "deck boats", so you must not like "bow riders" either. I would assume you dont like ski boats or wake boats. Is there a style of boat other than pontoon that you do approve of?

Actually, I have been trying to convince the spousal unit that we should act our age and sell the fine SunDeck to someone on Lake lanier and join the minions of poontoon owners. That way I could run with my head lights on, not be concerned with rules of the road like who should give way, cut corners, be generally unconcerned about how my driving affects others, and then complain when someone has to work to get around me while I dominate the middle of the road. Yes, I know not ALL pontoon drivers are like this, but if you are honest, a large precentage are. Kinda like the slow drivers that occupy the left lane on 4 lane highways and interstates while the right lane is clear. 

So, I await your reply. Other than a toon, what boats are acceptable to you?