- In 1951, Ambrose Weeres, a farmer
- living on a Horseshoe lakes
- near Richmond, Minnesota,
- welded together two rows of barrels
- and put a cruiser platform on them.
- Essentially a catamaran,
- but useful for only calm waters,
- pontoon boats, including
- smaller inflatable versions,
- serve fishermen and vacationers
- who want to get out on the water.
![[section of watercolor of boats]](../images/Boats-86.png "Boats")
Boats