Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) are attracting attention to solve the global energy demand by utilizing the wind deeper in the oceans. It is essential to provide stable floating platform that can host wind turbines, and barge-type floater is one of the fastest growing solutions. In this study, an experimental investigation is carried out on the skirting at the bottom of the barge-type FOWT. Three 1/120 scale models, (i) Model-STD (model with standard skirting), (ii) Model-SH (model with half skirting), (iii) Model-SN (model with no skirting) were designed, crafted and tested under regular wave conditions. Two cases, (i) Without rotor, (ii) With rotor conditions were incorporated and motion response of the FOWT is measured in waves. It is found from the experiments that skirting has the potential to reduce heave response of the floater and reduce the pitch response in smaller wave frequencies. However, at large wave frequencies, the skirting has the effect to increase the pitch response and therefore it is important to choose the size of skirting at the time of design. It is also revealed that the skirting has the potential to reduce the tower-top horizontal acceleration and provides better stability to barge-type FOWT.