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2025 Montara 25 SL
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\n The 25 SL throws a wake with a powerful push.<\/span>
\n Courtesy Montara Boats<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/section>\n
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Montara\u2019s 2.0 25 came to market in 2024 and captured Boating<\/em>\u2019s coveted Boat of the Year award. It was a ringer when considering nobody ever melded an aluminum wake-making hull with the living-room comfort of a pontoon boat. And the wake? Riders love it.<\/p>\n

We proved that in our testing of the 25\u00a0SL on Tellico Lake last October. The boat carries 4,200 pounds of ballast, has surf-tuning tabs, and features a digital touchscreen that offers control of ballast, speed and acceleration for up to 1,000 profiles, should you have that many friends\u2014and with this boat, you probably will.<\/p>\n

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\n The digital touchscreen offers control of ballast, speed and acceleration for up to 1,000 profiles.<\/span>
\n Courtesy Montara Boats<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/section>\n

From the bow, the 25 SL looks like a triple-tube pontoon, but it is actually more akin to a tri-hull runabout. It has a center ski locker one might expect to find on a pontoon, but that\u2019s the end of pontoon comparisons. Our professional riders surfed, wakeboarded and foiled, enjoying long rides in powerful, crisp wakes\u2014something nobody ever expected from an aluminum hull with a pontoonish-\u00adlooking deck. But there was our guy, enjoying the wake\u2019s powerful push and shredding it for all he was worth.<\/p>\n

When the Montara is just cruising, its passengers sit high off the water on the tall hull, affording a better view of the passing scenery or the zigzagging rider. We ran the SL version with a broad stern lounge, leaving just enough room to starboard to access the generous swim platform equipped with a tow pylon and boarding ladder. The stern lounger has a reclining back that swings forward for an aft-facing lounge or swings to center for a back-to-back transom lounge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n Storage is found throughout the 25 SL.<\/span>
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The 25 SL has stylish custom-contoured bow and stern corners that stiffen the sleek profile. To combat the single-direction reverse steering, Montara offers a stern thruster that mitigates so seamlessly, it was fun to experiment with it near docks. It will be handy at raft-up parties too.<\/p>\n

The Montara 25 SL is the boss of the Montara line, which now includes a 23-footer that sacrifices nothing in terms of wake and comfort while saving space in the garage for those long winter days. We expect some owners to buy a little thicker wetsuits to extend their season and \u00adexpand their circle of riding friends.<\/p>\n

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\n The 4,200 pounds of ballast helps produce powerful, crisp wakes.<\/span>
\n Courtesy Montara Boats<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/section>\n

High Points<\/h2>\n