05-26-2012, 08:37 PM
[quote cpierce]Great report! It looks like Jacob is working way too hard for those fish with his feet up on the pontoon. [laugh][laugh]
I noticed that you are towing him with him facing forward. How does that track? Have you tried towing him roped off to the middle of his toon in the back? About where a motor would go. I was just wondering if that would make any difference or not.[/quote]
When I am towing him forward or backwards is no different hooked like we have them the second boat tracks well. We hook up two ways. Pontoon ring to pontoon ring. Or we go pontoon ring to frame with bungees. The ring to ring works good. Hooking them up, and unhooking them is a reach in deep water. Ring to frame with bungees works great and the bungees help with shock. I like both ways but when I am hooking up I prefer bungees.
We tried to go with a rope from frame to frame. That don't work at all. The towed boat won't track straight due to the ends of the pontoon going anywhere they want. If the towed boat had a rope from one side to the other it would work as long as you pulled from the center. A pinch off one way or the other and the towed boat doesn't tow straight.
I also tried two 10 foot ropes from one pontoon to the other. Turning was sluggish and the towed boat fishtailed.
I have tried about every option to tow a second pontoon. Hooking together helps to make the two work as one unit. For that to work it has to be in reverse.
Ron
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I noticed that you are towing him with him facing forward. How does that track? Have you tried towing him roped off to the middle of his toon in the back? About where a motor would go. I was just wondering if that would make any difference or not.[/quote]
When I am towing him forward or backwards is no different hooked like we have them the second boat tracks well. We hook up two ways. Pontoon ring to pontoon ring. Or we go pontoon ring to frame with bungees. The ring to ring works good. Hooking them up, and unhooking them is a reach in deep water. Ring to frame with bungees works great and the bungees help with shock. I like both ways but when I am hooking up I prefer bungees.
We tried to go with a rope from frame to frame. That don't work at all. The towed boat won't track straight due to the ends of the pontoon going anywhere they want. If the towed boat had a rope from one side to the other it would work as long as you pulled from the center. A pinch off one way or the other and the towed boat doesn't tow straight.
I also tried two 10 foot ropes from one pontoon to the other. Turning was sluggish and the towed boat fishtailed.
I have tried about every option to tow a second pontoon. Hooking together helps to make the two work as one unit. For that to work it has to be in reverse.
Ron
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