Boat

A boat comprising:

• two parallel pontoons, each having
• i. an overall length,
• ii. a height from bottom to top,
• iii. a bow at one end,
• iv. a stern at the other end, and
• v. a pontoon deck on the top,
• a panel connecting the two pontoons, having
• i. a transom near the pontoon sterns,
• ii. a panel deck flush with the pontoon deck,
• iii. a seat raised above the panel deck, and
• iv. a bottom,
• said panel extending
• i. from about 1/3 the pontoon length from the bow to about 1/12 of the pontoon length of the stern, and
• ii. less than about 1/2 the pontoon height,
• the pontoons and panel of the boat is a single piece of expanded copolymer symmetrical about a center line between the pontoons,
• a tie rod between the bows of the pontoons,
• said copolymer is a mixture of polystyrene and polyethylene,
• said tie rod is bent on each end for anchoring into the expanded copolymer of the pontoons,
• a mounting pad raised above the panel deck at the transom thereof,
• a metal angle plate on the raised pad,
• a flat bottom plate below the raised pad of the panel,
• anchor bolt holes through the angle plate, bottom plate, and the pad,
• anchor bolts through the anchor holes clamping the pad of the panel between the bottom plate and the angle plate,
• a vertical wooden transom extending upward from said panel,
• transom bolts securely bolting the wooden transom to the angle plate,
• whereby a motor mount is provided for an outboard motor,
• said panel between the raised seat and transom on the bottom thereof has a series of grids forming a series of pockets so that a reduced amount of copolymer material is used,
• said panel having a thickness of about 1/3 of the height of the pontoons,
• said pontoons having a volume so that the bottom 1/3 of the pontoons displaces sufficient water to float the boat together with an adult man and equipment,
• whereby the distance from the bottom of the panel to the water is about 1/3 the height of the pontoons,
• a plurality of compartments in the pontoon deck of each pontoon,
• said compartments extending more than 1/3 of the height of the pontoon and less than 1/2 the height of the pontoon,
• some of the compartments being buckets having diameters more than their depth,
• a plastic ring at the top of a plurality of said buckets,
• said plastic ring adhered to the expanded copolymer base around the bucket,
• a removable plastic cover on each of the rings, thereby making it weatherproof,
• two of said compartments being rectangular bins and having a width equal to the depth and a length greater than the depth, and
• one of said bins near the stern of each pontoon.