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I'm assuming the pontoon boat is steered with an outboard? Others have mentioned the massive depreciation hit, and I also get the "trouble free, under warranty" aspect.
If it was me, I'd look at used pontoon boats that have taken the massive hit already, find a nice, structurally sound one, and then blow the wad on repowering it with a new, under warranty outboard, jack plate, etc. I'm assuming that boat will come with a kicker motor as well? Get that new, too. What would it be? 15hp?
For extra piece of mind, have the steering gone through, new lights, switches, wiring, etc. You'll still have a pretty significant depreciation hit on the engine, but that will be offset by the peace of mind of not being out stranded.
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