2021 Bennington 30 QX Fastback - Quad Bench w/ Arch

Twin engines. Seven hundred horsepower. Ten feet of beam. This 2021 Bennington 30 QX Fastback, stock #5088, is what happens when a pontoon stops apologizing for being a pontoon and starts outrunning the sport boats.

The QX is the top of the Bennington range, and the giveaway is the fiberglass cladding rather than bare aluminium panels: it is what gives the boat its automotive-grade finish and the reason a QX still looks expensive years later. This one is a 30-footer, 30 feet 11 inches overall, built on the wide 10-foot beam rather than the standard 8 foot 6. That extra 18 inches transforms the deck. Furniture gets deeper, the aisle stays wide with people seated on both sides, and the boat feels stable enough that guests stop holding onto things.

The dual-engine setup is the rare part. At 700 combined horsepower on a 5,612 lb tritoon, this boat has serious acceleration and, more usefully, the ability to spin in its own length at the dock. Two engines also mean you can pull a skier or a surfer all afternoon at part throttle rather than working one engine hard. Only 130 hours are on it. The 83-gallon fuel tank is sized to match the power so a full day of watersports does not turn into a fuel run.

The Fastback quad-bench layout puts four facing lounges around the deck with the sleek Fastback stern behind them, and the arch overhead carries the tow point and lighting. Inside you get Bennington's V2 Pure Comfort reclining captain's chair, adjustable-height captain and co-captain pedestals, a self-draining bench-seat cooler, an interior light dimmer, and stainless steel and woodgrain accents throughout.

Why this is the right boat: on the Lake of the Ozarks, where afternoon boat traffic turns the main channel into a washing machine, a 30-foot tritoon on a 10-foot beam is one of the few boats that stays flat and comfortable through it while still seating a dozen people in real furniture. Add twin power and you have a boat that entertains like a pontoon and performs like a runabout.

It is at Kelly's Port in Osage Beach, where we have sold Benningtons for decades and been family owned since 1977. Storage, slips, a gas dock, and our same-day service guarantee are all right here on the Lake. Call 573.348.3888 to confirm availability on stock #5088. Low-hour twin-engine QXs are the first pontoons to move each spring.