Posted: 10/05/2009 at 5:47pm | IP Logged

Been lurking for awhile. Here is a picture of my 24 ft Monark:

I have been working on it off and on for about a year now.  When it first arrived there was only the drivers console, the railing and some bad carpet on the deck. The railing needs some work. But my neighbors and I built the center box, rewired everything and replaced the 1978 merk 115 hp with a 1995 Yamaha 85 HP. We installed a trolling motor. Used a cheap mount that twisted on the first use. So just mounted the correct Minn Kota quick release mount, much better. Still need to redo the bunks on the trailer, current bunk are 24 ft long 2X4s with very little carpet attached. We also painted the frame and replaced all the bearings on the trailer. The pontoons have some water in them that sloshes around, need to fix that problem. I think the rear bungs were not tightened enough and allowed water to get in.

This was from this past weekend, the first time in a while it has seen the water. It's just been too hot, here in San Antonio, and water levels have been way too low, Canyon down 16 ft and Medina down 45 ft, to even think about launching the boat. Now that the temps have dropped some and we finally got some rain, we are ready to go.

Posted: 10/05/2009 at 5:58pm | IP Logged

Hello James (aka jfnelson), welcome to the forums. Got a great bunch of people here. Glad to see you come join us. Be sure to post some pics of your boat(s) in the 'Show Off Your Pontoon' section (or rebuild depending if you have before/after pics), as we'd love to see them. Also tell us your story in How did you come to join the forums? (just click on the red link and tell us all about it ).  You probably did like a lot of us have. Looking for pontoon accessories and either found it through www.PontoonStuff.com ebay site or web store. Jim (administrator) and Andrea (pontoongirl) Myers (our hosts) have excellent staff members to help them help you find whatever it is you're looking for your boat and has excellent shipping and customer service. Have fun and happy boating. Be sure to edit your signature line to include details of your boat and motor so folks won't have to ask for it if questions arise later. Also visit our other sections like Where are you? so others will know what part of the country you're from. If you need any help editing your uploading your photo's, check out our primer here How To Upload Your Pontoon Boats Image, if you need help resizing them check out Software that helps you with pics & such. Be sure to review the posting rules and policies of the forum. If you have any issues with seeing photo's this link will explain it Issue regarding seeing photo’s on site. Please read all the posting rules. Some forums have additional specific rules for that category. Looks like you've got a handle on things.  Updated your signature line but you didn't mention what year the boat is.