Pontoon boats for sale

What are pontoon boats?

Pontoon boats are medium-sized, trailerable vessels usually used for boating pursuits such as day cruising, freshwater fishing and watersports. Usually averaging at 23 feet, vessels of these kinds can come as big as 29 feet and as small as 16 feet in length. They are built and assembled by a wide variety of boat makers with hull types including pontoon, tritoon, modified vee, planing and other designs. Boat Trader currently has 16,525 pontoon boats for sale, including 12,697 new vessels and 3,828 used boats, listed by both private sellers and professional dealerships across the country.

What are the best pontoon boats?

Some of the most notorious designers of pontoon boats right now include: Sun Tracker, Bennington, Barletta, Avalon and Godfrey. These builders construct pontoon boats models with outboard, outboard-4S, inboard, inboard/outboard and other propulsion systems, available in gas, electric, LPG and other fuel systems. The top, most popular pontoon boats brands on Boat Trader during the previous 30 days were Avalon, Barletta, Bennington, Harris and Sun Tracker.

How much do pontoon boats cost?

Prices for pontoon boats on Boat Trader range from a reasonable $8,619 at the more accessible end to $227,376 for the most extravagant vessels. Models with more power can accommodate motors up to 600 horsepower, while the more modest utility models may have as modest as 0 horsepower engines on them (although the average motor size is 80 HP).

Why are pontoon boats popular?

Pontoon boats are popular for their shallow draft and average beam, characteristics that make these boats appropriate for day cruising, freshwater fishing and watersports. Pontoon boats are also popular boats for rivers and lakes and other shallow fresh bodies of water. Within our current availability, these pontoon boats can hold up to 18 people, but usually averages 12. Also, with 16,525 pontoon boats presently listed for sale and 2,434 boats added within the past month, Boat Trader is confident you’ll find the boat you are looking for.