You guys are evil.... I have been looking at mini pontoons for hours!
I've had a 15' flat bottom with a 25HP Evinrude for over twenty years. I've been using it on my 10 acre pond, but it's overkill. It's also not very good for cleaning out wood duck boxes, trimming limbs, destroying a beaver lodge, spraying weeds, etc. All of which I have "tried" to do from my flat bottom. I think the Hotwoods pontoon with a flat aluminum deck is going to make all of those chores much easier. It should also be a good fishing platform.
The big plus for me is that I won't have to take it out of the water. No more launching on my mud ramp. Just walk out on the pier, get in it, and go. I'm going to be putting pads on my dock this weekend so it won't rub.
