Barletta Pontoon Boats, a rapidly growing manufacturer and a subsidiary of Winnebago Industries, has won a 2025 Discover Boating Minneapolis Boat Show Innovation Award for its innovative helm design ...

Sometime between the era of your grandparents’ nightly putt-putt around the lake and the more recent trend of 20-somethings partying at the sandbar, pontoon boats became cool. Cool because whether you ...

There may have been a time when you visited the local lake and came across a boat that resembles a floating deck with a motor fixed to the back. If you are fortunate enough, you may have even perhaps ...

Winnebago Industries has patented a pontoon boat design with shock absorbers at connection points, double-webbed beams, and two-stage lifting strakes. This innovation aims to enhance stability and ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Kurt Schlosser on Apr 27, 2023 at ...

It would be easy to think Seattle-based electric marine propulsion producer Pure Watercraft is just another “startup” looking to “disrupt” conventional, fossil-fuel-powered outboard motor technology ...

Canadian electric propulsion specialist Vision Marine continues to graduate beyond advanced outboard motors into a provider of all-electric boats. This month, Vision introduced two new electric ...

According to Pied Piper, pontoon boat dealers trail their automotive and powersports counterparts in converting calls into store visits.

Winnebago is expanding its boating business, paying nine figures to some old friends — including one of its own executives. The Forest City-based manufacturer announced Tuesday morning that it will ...

The startup Docked developed a docking system to help boaters safely and efficiently dock pontoon vessels. Equipment like bumpers, fenders and guide rails are installed on docks to help prevent damage ...

Pontoon boats are different from traditional v-hull boats because they have not one but two or more hulls. This makes them more stable in the water and theoretically easier to manage. For these ...