A Minnesota invention, the pontoon boat is redefining modern boating

It’s hard to say when it happened, but happen it did.

Pontoon boats became cool.

Way cool. Once puttering platforms for the geriatric generation, today’s upscale boats can cost as much as a sports car and go nearly as fast. Three-tube aluminum boats, each mounted with a 300-horsepower outboard engine, have been clocked at more than 100 miles per hour.

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