Wind sensitivity
With its very high profile, relatively low weight for its length (86 lb per foot) and a high-sitting pontoon hull increase wind sensitivity.
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Sun TrackerParty Barge 22 DLX
2025 · Pontoon · 24.17 ft
Wind sensitivity: High
Rated by DockWise, reviewed by Captain Robert B. Kolb, USCG-licensed captain
Easy in calm, demanding in wind. Your marina's prevailing wind matters. Docking a pontoon in wind.
- Length
- 24.17 ft
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Weight per foot
- Not recorded
- Draft
- 1.33 ft
- Engine setup
- Single outboard
- Joystick / thrusters
- Not recorded
At the dock
Three handling factorsLow-speed control
The attention needed at low speed here comes mainly from steerable outboard power.
Separate factor rating not recorded
Momentum / stopping
Not enough data yet
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Who it suits
Boaters comfortable maneuvering a smaller recreational boat, including routine docking.
Handling summary
The Sun Tracker Party Barge 22 DLX should be fairly easy for most boaters to handle. It steers and backs up predictably, and its single outboard gives you good steering control. Wind can push this boat around more, so windy days take extra care.
Engine setup at low speed
The single outboard provides useful steerable thrust, but without a second engine, thruster or joystick, low-speed maneuvering asks for more deliberate use of steering and forward/reverse.
- 2025 · Single Mercury 115 hp outboard: Manageable (42/100)
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Questions boaters ask
Is the Party Barge 22 DLX good for beginners?
DockWise rates its handling demand Manageable (42 out of 100, where lower is easier). Boaters comfortable maneuvering a smaller recreational boat, including routine docking.
Is the Party Barge 22 DLX hard to dock in wind?
With its very high profile, relatively low weight for its length (86 lb per foot) and a high-sitting pontoon hull increase wind sensitivity.
How does the Sun Tracker Party Barge 22 DLX's engine setup help at the dock?
The single outboard provides useful steerable thrust, but without a second engine, thruster or joystick, low-speed maneuvering asks for more deliberate use of steering and forward/reverse.
What should a new Party Barge 22 DLX owner practice?
Its single outboard gives you good steering control.
Rated by DockWise, reviewed by Captain Robert B. Kolb, USCG-licensed captain. The rating comes from published specifications for this model, not a sea trial of one boat. Your own boat's setup, load and conditions change how it handles.