Sea Surrey

A new type of catamaran: you can have a picnic aboard this 20 ft pleasure barge. With no bilges to pump, you sit back and concentrate on having fun afloat

Category
House Boats
Designer
Gordon P. Manning
Published
Sports Afield Boatbuilding Annual, 1965, pp. 78–91

A 20 ft pleasure barge on two Styrofoam floats: picnic aboard with folding chairs under a fringed canopy, and no bilges to pump. Step-by-step photos show the floats, deck framing, rails and canopy being built, with drawings and a materials list.

Specifications

Length
20 ft
Construction
Plywood deck on Styrofoam floats; aluminum-framed canopy
Power
Outboard

Downloads

Plan sheets 11

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