Pontoon: A flat-bottomed boat floating on metal tubes. Maybe 60-gallon steel drums. Folding lawn chairs optional. No more. The pontoon boat, long snickered at by anglers and pleasure boaters, is ...

It's hard to say when it happened, but happen it did. Pontoon boats became cool. Way cool. Once puttering platforms for the geriatric generation, today's upscale boats can cost as much as a sports car ...