by Charles Bell
LOA 24', BEAM 8', DRAFT 10", WEIGHT 2,500, FLOTATION TO 8,640 pounds.
River Queen is a real houseboat that will accommodate a family of six.
She has all the comforts of home plus the ability to navigate inland waters. She is V-bottomed and has good stability even in a brisk breeze and moderate waves, but, of course, none but the foolish would try to traverse large bodies of water in a houseboat of this type because she is not intended for that. The barge on which the house is erected has 3 feet of freeboard so that she is a boat and with a Universal “C” drive 113 h.p. motor she will cruise at about 5 knots. The boat is ideal for calm river passages and secluded lakes and her 8-foot beam and light weight (for a houseboat) allows her to be trailered anywhere. The layout provides a spacious fore deck and an adequate after deck with controls located at the bow on the main deck and directly overhead on the sun deck. The sun deck spans the whole size of the boat and is reached by ladder from both the bow and stern. A most unusual feature of River Queen is her side decks which fold up quickly against the sides and let down in one-half minute once the boat is at anchor or nosed in against the bank This provides a walkway, fishing platform and boat landing around the boat which can be reached without going through the cabin. River Queen draws 10 inches of water, weighs 2,500 pounds, and has enough rigid Styrofoam in her bottom to float 8,640 pounds. Water could run through the cabin but the boat would not sink more than 2 or 3 inches.
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