history of pontoon boats
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GO BACK IN TIME WITH CREST The pontoon segment has unprecedented growth due to the versatility offered to consumers. 1950's Maurice Shell follows his dream and vision by designing and handcrafting one of the first pontoon boats ever assembled in 1957. The model he crafted was a twenty foot steel pontoon, purpose built for diving.
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A History of Plastics 1955 - First production of high density polyethylene in UK. 1956 - Reliant Regal 111, first commercially successful all glass-reinforced-plastic bodied car goes on sale. 1956 - Eero Saarinen’s Tulip Chair launched, consisting of seat made of glass-fibre-reinforced plastic.
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A Short History of Skis 1959: The first successful plastic fiberglass ski was invented by Fred Langendorf and Art Molnar, in Montreal, and marketed under the Toni Sailer label. From then on, the concept spread rapidly. By 1968, fiberglass had supplanted both wood and aluminum for use in slalom racing skis and in most recreational skis.
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- Well, pontoon boats today pull skiers, wakeboarders and tubers. They count passengers into the double digits. They can blow your hat off your head — and pivot on the proverbial dime to retrieve it before it sinks.
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'Toons vs. decks Truth. The main physical difference between a pontoon and a deck boat is the shape and function of the hull. Deck boats typically have a V-shaped hull, while pontoons lie flat on the water with the deck balanced on two or three hollow aluminum tubes. The V-shaped hull on deck boats enables the boat to cut through the water and get up on plane at a high speed, creating a surf able wake.
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Electric boat An early electric boat was developed by the German inventor Moritz von Jacobi in 1839 in St Petersburg, Russia. It was a 24-foot (7.3 m) boat which carried 14 passengers at 3 mph. It was successfully demonstrated to Emperor Nicholas I of Russia on the Neva River.
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- Pontoon Boats 101. The purpose of this page is to provide you with enough information about pontoon boats that you can make a satisfactory selection in what is a bewildering choice of boats. If you are considering the purchase of a new or used pontoon boat the options, features, size and the number of available models is staggering.
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Research Pontoon Boats Research Pontoon Boats. About Pontoon Boats. Pontoons as well as Tri-toons use cylindrical, metal flotation devices or logs that keep afloat a broad platform. Pontoons uses 2 logs and Tri-toons use 3 logs this allows a shallow draft and good stability on the water. This type of boat is used primarily used for fishing and cruising inland lakes as well as water sports and as a water borne camper. Pontoons are powered by an outboard engine, stern drive, or an electric motor.
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- I have just spent the summer redoing my newly inherited pontoon boat. My parents bought it new in 98 and did not use it much. It sat in the pasture for the past 6 years. Obviously the interior was trashed. It is all new and a made some seating modifications.
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Robert Fulton In 1807, Fulton and Livingston together built the first commercial steamboat, the North River Steamboat (later known as the Clermont), which carried passengers between New York City and upstream to the state capital Albany, New York. The Clermont was able to make the 150-mile trip in 32 hours.
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- John Fitch 1743-1798 was granted the first United States patent for a steamboat on August 26, 1791. However it was Robert Fulton (1765-1815)who became known as the father of steam navigation..
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- Paddle King is the manufacturer of aluminum paddle boats, pontoons, swim rafts, & floating docks. Paddle King is the manufacturer of aluminum paddle boats, pontoons, swim rafts, and floating docks. Our products are built to last, for this generation and the next. All of our products are hand-built in Michigan with high-quality, marine-grade materials, made to withstand years of use. We understand that your time is limited, so we designed our products to be as low maintenance as possible, meaning more quality time on the water.
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- peoples were building boats that could sail in the open ocean . Over 3,500 years ago, these people were traveling east, well beyond the islands where they lived . They also explored areas off the Asian mainland . These Polynesian sailors built a boat that was an early version of the modern catamaran. They took two canoes and connected them
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- 1 AquaSport Boats known far and wide as a proven line of sport fishing boats, with cutting edge designs, innovations, exceptional performance, and superior quality. Founded in 1967, AquaSport Boats is credited with launching the modern day center console fishing boat into the recreational. boating industry.
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Mini Pontoon Boats Mini Pontoon Boats. We manufacture a full line of mini pontoon boats ranging in size from 6 to 16 feet. Our compact pontoon boats are built with welded aluminum sub-frames and heavy gauge pontoons, and we customize your small fishing boat with the options you select. Built from scratch, right here in Lindsay, Texas!
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Panga (boat) The Panga is a type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.The original panga design was developed by Yamaha as part of a World Bank project circa 1970. panga used by Somali pirates under observation by the United States Navy. Key features of the panga design are a high bow, narrow waterline beam, and a flotation bulge along the gunwale, or top edge of the hull.
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Early Settlements So, the theory goes, the Solutreans paddled from Ice Age Europe in kayaks perhaps as early as 18,000 BCE using methods similar to those of modern Inuits – camping on ice floes, drinking water from icebergs, and burning blubber for heat.
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Boat shoe Modern boat shoes were invented in 1935 by Paul A. Sperry of New Haven, Connecticut after noticing his dog's ability to run easily over ice without slipping. Using a knife, he cut siping into his shoes' soles, inspiring a shoe perfect for boating and a company called Sperry Top-Sider.
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Manitou 23 Legacy SHP Manitou 23 Legacy SHP. Manitou 23 Legacy SHP. After a seven-year wait, Manitou finally received a patent for its V-Toon technology in 2012. The concept allows a pontoon to perform much like a fiberglass V-hull by sandwiching twin 23-inch-diameter pontoons around a center 27-inch pontoon, dropping more than five inches lower in the water.
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Old Bass Boats â 1974 Old Bass Boats – 1974. So far we’ve taken a look at bass boats from 1970, ’71, ’72, ’73 and a smattering from other years (here and here). Now we take a look at the boats of 1974 – or at least those companies who decided their hard-earned profits were worthy of advertising in fishing magazines.
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- pontoon boats. back to boat types. Remember Grandpa’s pontoon boat: two tubes topped with plywood, pushed around by a balky, smoke-belching outboard? Well, pontoon boats today pull skiers, wakeboarders and tubers. They count passengers into the double digits. They can blow your hat off your head — and pivot on the proverbial dime to retrieve it before it sinks.
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Hydroplane (boat) Hydroplane (boat) - Hydroplane design. 1  Early designs of the 1920s were often built by amateurs, who employed the lightest materials available to them at the time, which were often glued timber boarding or plywood on the floor, 4-millimetre (0.16 in) plywood topsides, and varnished canvas decks.
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Harris FloteBote Harris Boats is a North American luxury pontoon boat brand. It is a subsidiary of the Brunswick Corporation and a division of the Brunswick Boat Group. Harris Boats pontoons are manufactured in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the Brunswick Boat Group Fort Wayne Operations facility. Brothers Pete and Ernie Harris established their manufacturing business, Harris Manufacturing, in the 1940's and 50's.
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Best Pontoon Boats of 2016 Though the differences are subtle at times, Avalon, a top builder of pontoon boats, is known for breaking from the norm when it comes to the brand’s pontoon lineup. Start with the exterior appearance. One of Bennington’s most affordable models, the 21 SLX gets a makeover for 2016 with new furniture and console accents.
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Pontoon Boats Unless you’ve been hiding under a dock, you probably know that pontoon boats are in the middle of a straight-up, full-blown renaissance. In fact, the National Marine Manufacturers Association said at its latest International Boatbuilders Exhibition show that 2015 sales of pontoon boats were up nearly 48 percent for the year.
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North River Steamboat The North River Steamboat or North River (often erroneously referred to as Clermont) is widely regarded as the world's first commercially successful steamboat. Built in 1807, the North River Steamboat operated on the Hudson River (at that time often known as the North River) between New York and Albany.