A boat wake enhancing device configured to create and control wakes generated by a boat having a deck and a hull with a bottom, the bottom of the hull having at least two apertures extending inwardly towards the deck defining at least two interior cavities, comprising:
- a left assembly and a right assembly mounted to the bottom of the hull, the left assembly identical to the right assembly each including a top end, a bottom end, a first actuator arm, and a second actuator arm, the assemblies configured to translate between an open position and a closed position, the top end of the left assembly and the top end of the right assembly are mounted to the hull of the boat, the bottom end of the left assembly and the bottom end of the right assembly are coupled to a tab;
- a pair of tabs, one of the tabs is coupled to the bottom end of the left assembly, and the other of the tabs are coupled to the bottom end of the right assembly, the tabs configured to create or enhance a wake including a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a first side wall, and a second side wall opposite the first side wall, the first side wall and the second side wall extending perpendicularly between the top surface and the bottom surface, the tabs configured to translate between a downturned position, a neutral position, and an upturned position;
- the first interior cavity is configured to house the right assembly, the second interior cavity is configured to house the left assembly, each interior cavity includes a left side wall, a right side wall parallel to the left side wall, a front wall, and a back wall parallel to the front wall, the left side wall and the right side wall interconnect the front wall and the back wall, the tabs are selectively retracted into the interior cavities such that the boat wake enhancing device is fully housed within the interior cavities when in the closed position, the tabs protrude below the interior cavities such that the bottom end of the left assembly, the bottom end of the right assembly, and the tabs are selectively submerged in the water below the bottom of the hull when in the open position and the tabs may translate between the downturned position, the neutral position, and the upturned position;
- wherein
- the actuator arms of the left assembly and the right assembly each include a group of arms comprising a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm, each of the arms include an upper end and a lower end, the second arm further includes a middle region, the third arm further includes a center region;
- the actuator arms of the left assembly and the right assembly each include a group of pistons comprising a first piston and a second piston each of the pistons include a first end and a second end;
- the side walls of the interior cavities further including a slot configured to aid in translating the left assembly and the right assembly between the open position and the closed position, the slots comprising a cavity defining a track with a front end and a back end;
- the lower end of the first arm coupled to the top surface of the tab and extends upwardly, perpendicularly from the tab, the lower end of the second arm coupled to the upper end of the first arm, the upper end of the second arm coupled to the center region of the third arm, the third arm extends between the slot and the first piston;
- and
- the second end of the first piston coupled to the lower end of the third arm, the first end of the second piston coupled to the middle region of the second arm, the second end of the second piston coupled to the upper end of the first arm.