To perform an operation by an entire body, and to provide a better planing feeling.

A small planing boat 1 is constructed in such a manner that an engine is disposed inside a boat body 2, a water jet propeller driven by the engine is disposed in the rear part of the boat body, a deck wide enough for a passenger to stand by both feet is formed in the upper surface of the boat body and, in one side part of the deck, a control bar 30 is provided, which is gripped by the passenger standing on the deck facing sideways and extended in the longitudinal direction of the boat body.