The Premier 250 Grand Majestic is the upper-tier 25-foot tritoon in Premier's lineup, and the boat most often cross-shopped against the Bennington Q-series and the Manitou X-Plode at the same length. Premier Marine has been building pontoons in Wyoming, Minnesota since the late 1970s, and the PTX performance package on the Grand Majestic is the company's answer to anyone asking whether a tritoon can really feel like a powerboat.
What is the Premier 250 Grand Majestic?
The 250 Grand Majestic is a 25-foot 6-inch aluminum tritoon with an 8-foot 6-inch beam. Three 25-inch logs, the center tube slightly larger with lifting strakes when the PTX package is specified. Dry weight is roughly 3,650 pounds on a base build, more once you add the full furniture set and a tower. The deck is marine plywood with vinyl over it, fenced with powder-coated aluminum panels, and the furniture is closed-cell foam under heavier-gauge vinyl than the entry tier.
The engine choice defines the boat. Yamaha F150 to F250 four-strokes or Mercury 150 to 250 FourStroke outboards on a single transom mount. The PTX package adds the lifting strakes on the center tube, a heavier-duty steering setup, and through-bolted deck reinforcement at the helm. A 250-hp Yamaha on a clean PTX hull will top 45 mph and pull a tube cleanly at cruise. A 200-hp setup is the most common build and gives a real all-day range on the standard 30-gallon fuel tank.
The layout on the Grand Majestic is built for ten people sitting around all day. Wraparound stern lounge, port and starboard L-couches forward, helm seat with a flip-up bolster, and a changing room with a porta-potti inside. A swim platform with a folding ladder, a bimini that covers the helm and the stern, and from 2020 onward, a Garmin or Simrad multifunction display at the helm. The furniture converts to a forward-facing lounge that two people can sleep on, though the boat isn't really a sleep-aboard.
I ran a 200-hp 250 Grand Majestic across Lake Minnetonka one June afternoon, eight adults aboard, the tower bimini up, and the boat held a 28-mph cruise without the bow lifting in a way that felt twitchy. The PTX strakes were what made it feel like that. A flat-bottom tritoon at the same load would have planed slower and felt softer at the helm.
Who is it good for?
Families weekending on a big lake are the first buyer profile. Lake Norman, Lake of the Ozarks, Lake Cumberland, the Minnesota lakes that Premier was built for. You want the room to seat ten, the changing room for the kids, and the punch to pull a tube on a Saturday afternoon. The 250 Grand Majestic does all three without straining.
Owners stepping up from a 22-foot single-tube pontoon are the second profile. The jump in handling, top speed, and furniture quality is the kind of thing you notice on the first run. A 22-foot Sun Tracker or a base Bennington S at the same age handles like a different category of boat.
The third profile is buyers who plan to keep the boat eight-plus years. The closed-cell foam under the cushions, the powder-coated fence panels, and the through-bolted helm reinforcement are the things that pay off on a long hold. Furniture that doesn't bake out at year five is the part of the build that justifies the price.
Who is it not good for?
Entry-tier shoppers. A loaded 250 Grand Majestic with the PTX package and a 250-hp Yamaha sits in the high-$120,000s at the dealer. That's Bennington 22 SSLX territory and well above a base Sun Tracker. If your budget is under $70,000 new, the entry tier is the right segment to shop.
Buyers who want a trailerable midsize SUV pull should also walk past. The PTX tritoon trailer plus the boat is a full-size truck pull. A V6 SUV will struggle on a wet ramp.
Coastal and southern buyers far from the upper-Midwest dealer footprint are the third exclusion. Premier dealers are concentrated in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and a band through the Great Lakes states. Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific buyers are paying freight on warranty parts and on the dealer-service relationship that makes a pontoon easy to own.
Pricing
New 2026 pricing on the 250 Grand Majestic with a 200-hp Yamaha and the PTX package lands roughly $92,000 to $115,000 at a Premier dealer. Stepping up to a 250-hp Yamaha or Mercury and adding the tower bimini, the upgraded Garmin display, and the wet-bar option pushes a loaded build to $138,000 or higher. The dealer-discount range on a new build is narrow. Premier doesn't run heavy incentives and the upper-Midwest dealer network is reluctant to compete on price.
The used market spans $32,000 at the bottom (2014-2016 hulls with a lower-tier furniture package, often with a 90 or 115-hp engine that doesn't suit the boat) to $115,000 at the top (current-year demonstrators). The sweet spot for buyers is the 2019-2022 PTX tritoon with the 200 or 250 Yamaha and the full furniture set, which lands at $58,000 to $92,000. Five-year depreciation on a clean PTX hull is roughly 30 percent off MSRP, which is a tier behind a Bennington Q at the same length but ahead of most of the segment.
What works
- PTX tritoon hardware with lifting strakes handles a 250-hp outboard and pulls a tube cleanly at cruise.
- Furniture vinyl and closed-cell foam are heavier-gauge than the entry tier, with owners reporting ten-year cushion life under a marina cover.
- Powder-coated aluminum fence panels resist the chip-and-corrode pattern that hits cheaper pontoons by year five.
- Standard 30-gallon fuel tank holds the boat to a real full-day range with a 200-hp Yamaha at cruise.
- Changing room with porta-potti is standard. Useful when the lake is an hour from a public restroom.
- Through-bolted helm reinforcement on PTX hulls keeps the steering tight after the first few seasons.
What doesn't
- Loaded PTX builds cross into Bennington Q pricing. The price wall is real.
- Dealer network is concentrated in the upper Midwest. Coastal buyers pay freight on parts.
- Tritoon trailer is a full-size truck pull, a midsize SUV won't get it down a wet ramp.
- Bimini hardware on 2017-2018 hulls has been flagged for early powder-coat failure at the strut-to-rail joint.
- Through-deck wiring chase has had water-intrusion reports on older hulls, verify on a hose test.
- Resale lags Bennington at the same length. Premier holds its price but Bennington holds it more.
Year-by-year notes
The current 250 Grand Majestic hull goes back to roughly 2017, with the PTX performance package available across that period. The 2019 model year tightened up the bimini hardware after early powder-coat failures on 2017-2018 hulls. The 2020 model added the Garmin or Simrad display at the helm as a standard line on the upper trim. The 2022 model year refreshed the furniture pattern and added a USB charging station at the helm and the stern lounge. The base furniture-package layout (no PTX, no upgraded helm) is a different boat that does not perform the same way. Don't confuse a base 250 Majestic with a 250 Grand Majestic on the PTX package when shopping used.
Cost of ownership
Yamaha or Mercury 200-hp service intervals follow the standard 100-hour schedule. A 100-hour service kit costs $300 to $500 in parts plus $250 to $400 in dealer labor. The 300-hour valve-clearance check at year three steps the labor budget up. Pontoon-specific maintenance is lighter than a fiberglass hull. Tube cleaning once a year at the marina is $200 to $400, vinyl reconditioning every two years is similar. No bottom paint, no bellows, no sterndrive impeller. The trade is winter storage if you're north of the Mason-Dixon line. A covered indoor slip for a 25-foot tritoon runs $1,800 to $3,500 a season.
Insurance on a $90,000 hull is $700 to $1,400 a year in inland markets. A five-year hold on a 2020 PTX 250 Grand Majestic bought used at $68,000 with 150 hours, used 60 hours a season on a Minnesota lake with trailer storage, lands at roughly $5,200 to $7,800 a year all-in including insurance, fuel, service, storage, and amortized capital cost.
Best year and trim to buy
The 2019-to-2022 250 Grand Majestic with the PTX tritoon package, a 200 or 250-hp Yamaha or Mercury, and the full furniture set is the right buy in 2026. Verify five things pre-purchase. First, the bimini hardware is the post-2019 powder-coat spec without flaking at the strut-to-rail joint. Second, the through-deck wire chase tests dry on a hose test. Third, the engine service file shows current 100-hour work and the 300-hour valve-clearance check at the right hour mark. Fourth, the furniture seams are still tight and the closed-cell foam underneath has not compressed. Fifth, the changing-room latch and door seal are intact. Replacement parts are dealer-only and the wait can run weeks.
Alternatives
The most-compared cross-shop is the Bennington 22 SSLX, where Bennington's dealer network is broader and the resale price is a tier higher. On hull and handling, the Manitou Pontoon Boat V-Toon line is the closest direct competitor to the PTX package. For a different drivetrain at similar family use, the Yamaha 252SD is a jet-deck-boat cross-shop with materially less slip footprint.