Welcome to pontoon boat adventures!  This is a place to discuss boating in general and, more specifically, pontoon boats.  I will be sharing my thoughts and experiences on all kinds of boats and just about any activity enjoyed on the water. So, let's start with a little about me...

I spent most of my life messing about in boats.  I started helping my father with his 21 foot Grady White, eventually I did the driving while he tended to the spread of trolling rigs in search of Chesapeake Bay's bluefish and striped bass (locally known as rockfish).  I learned to sail at age 12, eventually singlehanding a 15 foot Snipe class sloop since I seldom had a crew to help.

A four year hitch in the Coast Guard quickly became 22 years, more than half at sea.  I qualified as a Senior Marine Inspector after a three-year apprenticeship, inspecting everything that floated (and a few things that didn't).

Now I sit behind a desk for a living, spending the majority of my free time and money on my "mistress" - a 31 foot Playcraft pontoon boat built in 1993.  I also write for Examiner.com, covering boating around central Virginia. 

The barge always looks bigger on her trailer, but she carries my family and I everywhere  we like to go.

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