Watercraft

A small powered surface watercraft comprised of a hull having only a lower hull portion and a coextensive upper deck portion devoid of outriggers and defining a partial deck opening through the rear end thereof and sized and configured to receive only the upper portion of the bodies of a pair of riders in a substantially prone side by side position with the riders legs extending rearwardly into the water from said deck, said partial deck being comprised of a generally horizontally extending portion defined at its front and sides by an upstanding wall portion with the front of said wall being the highest portion and the sides thereof tapering downwardly in height, the rear of said horizontal extending portion being concavely curved in top plan from said sides to a rearwardly extending conversely curved portion disposed generally between the riders, said hull providing the entire buoyancy for the riders, a propulsion device carried by said hull beneath said deck area for propelling said hull through the water, and control means carried by the upstanding wall portion of said hull for controlling said propulsion device by at least one of said riders, said hull having sufficient buoyancy to permit operation on the surface of the water with the riders positioned at least partially on said deck.