Re: Considering buying a Southwind 201 L hybrid pontoon
"Hybrid?"....those guys are goobers. They are deck boats. Looks like their marketing folks have run amuck.:facepalm:
Anyway, there are many different styles of deck boats. Some look EXACTLY like a pontoon boat save for the fiberglass hull, and some look more like open bow boats.
Basically, if you want a boat to handle like a boat, but have the space of a pontoon, then deck a deck boat. I see only these cons of this set-up:
1 - You have a bilge to worry about.....not a huge deal, but it is not an issue with logs.
2 - You need to have enough power witha deck boat. Pontoons are perfectly content cruising slow.....or going fast. No point in having a hull if you are not willing to have power as with a deck boat. In other words, you can hang a 40 hp on a pontoon and be happy. Pontoons sit still very well and are very smooth going slow.
