Barge boats for sale

What are barge boats?

Medium-sized, trailerable vessels called barge boats are generally utilized for endeavors like a variety of commercial and recreational boating activities. Ranging from 16 feet to 238 feet, these vessels usually average 23 feet. Several boat makers produce these vessels, using hull types such as pontoon, modified vee, deep vee, flat and other. Boat Trader currently has 385 barge boats for sale, including 301 new vessels and 84 used boats, listed by individuals and professional yacht brokers and boat dealerships nationwide.

What are the best barge boats?

Sun Tracker, Bennington, Sylvan, Tahoe Pontoon and Crest are some of the most widely-known designers of barge boats at the moment. These builders design barge boats models with outboard, outboard-4S, inboard/outboard and inboard propulsion systems, available in gas, diesel and other fuel systems. The top two barge boats brands on Boat Trader over the previous 30 days were Bennington, Custom, Sun Tracker, Sylvan and Trifecta.

How much do barge boats cost?

Barge boats for sale on Boat Trader are available at a swath of prices from a reasonable $7,913 on the more affordable end all the way up to $349,886 for the bigger-ticket types. While more economic utility models may have engines with as low as 39 horsepower on them, models with the greatest power can have motors up to 515 horsepower (although the average engine size is 115HP).

Why are barge boats popular?

The shallow draft and average beam of barge boats are well-known features that make these boats perfect for a variety of commercial and recreational boating activities. Barge boats are also popular boats for rivers and lakes and other shallow fresh bodies of water. From our current listings, the average number of passengers that barge boats can accommodate is 11 people with a maximum of 16. Also, with 385 barge boats presently listed for sale and 37 boats added within the past month, Boat Trader is confident you’ll find the boat you are looking for.