Variable use pontoon boat system and method

A pontoon boat system configured to produce an improved wake profile, the pontoon boat system comprising:

• first and second outer pontoons each having a front end and a rear end and extending longitudinally;
• a platform separate from and coupled to and supported by the first and second outer pontoons;
• wherein the first outer pontoon includes a first bottom inclined surface extending forward from the rear end of the first outer pontoon, wherein a front end of the first bottom inclined surface is disposed below a rear end of the first bottom inclined surface;
• wherein the second outer pontoon includes a second bottom inclined surface extending forward from the rear end of the second pontoon, wherein a front end of the second bottom inclined surface is disposed below a rear end of the second bottom inclined surface;
• wherein, at the rear end of the first and second outer pontoons outer pontoon, a laterally inner surface of the first outer pontoon is spaced away from a laterally inner surface of the second outer pontoon at a smaller distance relative to the front end of the first and second outer pontoons.

A method of varying a wake profile of a pontoon boat, the method comprising:

• propelling a pontoon boat having two outer pontoon floats that support a separate platform;
• positioning wake panels attached to the two outer pontoon floats which are each moveable between a downwardly deployed position and an upwardly retracted position;
• operating the pontoon boat in a first state in which the at least one of the wake panels is positioned in the downwardly deployed position;
• generating a first wake profile when operating the pontoon boat in the first state;
• positioning the wake panels in a retracted position in which the wake panels are raised relative to the deployed state;
• operating the pontoon boat in a second state in which both wake panels are positioned in the retracted position;
• generating a second wake profile when operating the pontoon boat in the second state, wherein the second wake profile is reduced relative to the first wake profile, and
• wherein the pontoon floats are each tubular and have generally flat bottom inclined surfaces at their aft ends which are tilted upwardly and outwardly.