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Initially seen as a bit of an ugly duckling due to its unflattering aesthetics, the pontoon boat has since won over hundreds of thousands of boaters thanks to its obvious advantages. What's more, the concept has evolved and the range has multiplied.
The modern pontoon boat comes from Minnesota
The concept itself dates back to the dawn of time, and can be traced back to primitive rafts. However, the invention of the modern pontoon boat as we know it is generally attributed to Minnesotan Ambrose Weeres in 1951. By attaching a wooden deck to two steel barrels, he created a boat called the Empress.
