Taking a big crew out Saturday, meeting up with two other boats in Zippy Cove. Anyone planning on being out?

im pretty sure the nordic and baja will both be at point venture.. we like the beach.. whats zippy cove? by the ziplines? if it is thats where aphrodisiac launches

I'm hoping to get a test run in soon, but won't be Sat (working that day). Gotta make sure it's ready for Labor Day.

Yep it's where the zip lines are. You guys should make a trip down. We'll be having a good time. I'd come up but I'll have myself, my buddy and 10 chicks so I don't want to be going distance cruise speed with ppl on the open bow.

Depending what time you get out there, you may see him cruise by. He always has the dog/kid. So the beach about the only option. I'm bringing 2 girls and another guy with me.

Aiming to leave marina about 1

I keep my boat at Riviera as zo6 said and should be out Saturday for awhile, but will be at the beach.  :(  Will have my toddler and 90lb bulldog that can't swim. Then off to LOTO next week!

I'm pretty jealous of you guys heading to LOTO. My darn brother is getting married so I had to skip that one this year.

Wave at us as you go by!

I got out to the lake today!!  my daughters and I went to dink pearson and swam for a couple of hours.  I miss being on the lake but at least I got to enjoy it today!

That's something man. What's the hold up on the pontoon welding lately?

we were working on it last weekend.  we could not get the aluminum to strike an arc to allow welding.  when we did we had to be careful as the aluminum at the top is thin.  we are now planning on going with jb weld to seal the cracks.

If that gets you out on the water safely, get after it!  :)

nathan wrote on Aug 19^th, 2014 at 7:01am:

we were working on it last weekend.  we could not get the aluminum to strike an arc to allow welding.  when we did we had to be careful as the aluminum at the top is thin.  we are now planning on going with jb weld to seal the cracks.

Know anyone good with oxy/acetylene welding? Filler rod may be a good bit better than JB weld.

We tried that too.  And I have a mig as well.  Just nothing we have tried seems to work.  When tried the torch it was either too hot or not hot enought.  That's why we are thinking of going with jb weld.  It is above the water line I just don't want it to have a crack.

With thin alum I think you will need a TIG and someone with thin metal welding experienced. I too have tried the torch on alum. It doesn't work.   

Don't know how extensive the cracks are but if small and clear of other stuff, bet you could stop drill the cracks and apply a scab patch. Glue it on with 5200. That stuff is more like construction adhesive than sealant.  Maybe some blind rivets too for good measure.

here is the crack before we started working on it.

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee54/nbracing42/1977%20playcraft%2024%20pontoon/20131215_155204_zpsrbjfbgzv.jpg

WOW. That's a bit more than I imagined.. Material doesn't look too thin. You should be able to weld that once ya figure out what's up with the welder.
Gonna need some kind of filler. That's going to be the tricky part; finding some filler that's the same type of alum. Don't suppose there's some extra alum on the pontoon you could cut off..

it doesn't look thin but it is less than an 1/8" thick.  they are the old style pontoon that the top is separate from the bottom.  the crack is right were the bottom section is bent at 90 to bolt the top and cross members to it.  we will figure it out and make it work!