Reconnect With Family & Friends Helpful pontooning hints from the staff of the Pontoon Boat Guide.

U.S. Travel Association research shows that more than half of employed Americans feel reconnected with their families after vacation, and at least four out of 10 holidaymakers feel more romantic while on vacation. Now consider pontoon boating, which is like going on vacation every time you cast off the docklines. It brings people together. It’s that simple.

Aboard your new pontoon party boat, family and friends will create memories that will last a lifetime — grilling the fish you caught that morning for a celebratory picnic lunch or a romantic candlelight dinner, taking up a new sport like wakeboarding or waterskiing, teaching the children how to tie knots, secure docklines and weigh anchor, or strolling the beach at sunset and making soon-to-be legendary s’mores around a crackling bonfire. The list of possibilities goes on and on.

You’ll also discover that a pontoon’s stress-free zone has a welcome side effect: bonding. In a National Marine Manufacturers Association study, 54% of families list cruising and relaxing with family and friends as two of their top three activities (fishing is No. 1). Imagine: For more than half of boating families, the fun lies not in adrenaline-soaked watersports, but in good company, conversation and laughter. It doesn’t get any better than that.