Water sports performance boat hull
AssigneeCorrect Craft, Inc.
InventorWilliam F. Waits JR.
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Abstract
A water sports performance boat includes a hull having a sharpened angle keel for cutting into the water. Reverse chines are carried on port and starboard sides and extending from a forward portion of the hull to an aft portion for inducing a lifting of the bow at generally low boat speeds and for providing a stabilizing effect. Port and starboard spray pockets are located at the aft portion of the hull for reducing a side spray of water near the transom. Performance strakes are formed within the hull with each extending from an aft position rearwardly to the transom. An elliptical shaped dispersion tunnel formed along the keel within an aft most portion of the hull extends through the transom and provides a desirable wake shape.
Claims23
A boat hull comprising:
- a port side reverse chine and a starboard side reverse chine displaced outboard a keel along port and starboard side portions of the hull, respectively, each chine extending from a forward portion of the hull to an aft portion thereof for inducing a lifting of a bow at generally low boat speeds and for providing a stabilizing effect thereto, wherein a desirable tracking capability of the hull is provided during a towing of a performer;
- port and starboard spray pockets formed proximate the port and starboard chines, respectively, at aft and outboard portions of the hull for reducing a side spray of water therefrom;
- a plurality of strakes extending generally parallel to and at opposing outboard sides of the keel, wherein each of the plurality of strakes extends from the aft position proximate the spray pockets and rearwardly to the transom for providing a lift to the hull;
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- a dispersion tunnel formed along the keel within an aft most portion of the hull, the dispersion tunnel extending through the transom for enhancing the lift and while reducing a center height dimension of a wake resulting from an operation of the hull.
A boat hull comprising:
- a port side reverse chine and a starboard side reverse chine displaced outboard a keel along port and starboard side portions of the hull, respectively, each chine extending from a forward portion of the hull to an aft portion thereof for inducing a lifting of a bow at generally low boat speeds and for providing a stabilizing effect thereto, wherein a desirable tracking capability of the hull is provided during a towing of a performer;
- a plurality of strakes extending generally parallel to and at opposing outboard sides of the keel, wherein each of the plurality of strakes extends from the aft position proximate the spray pockets and rearwardly to the transom for providing a lift to the hull;
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- a dispersion tunnel formed along the keel within an aft most portion of the hull, the dispersion tunnel extending through the transom for enhancing the lift and while reducing a center height dimension of a wake resulting from an operation of the hull.
A boat hull according to claim 11, further comprising port and starboard spray pockets formed proximate the port and starboard chines, respectively, at an aft an outboard portion of the hull.
A boat hull comprising:
- a port side reverse chine and a starboard side reverse chine displaced outboard a keel along port and starboard side portions of the hull, respectively, each chine extending from a forward portion of the hull to an aft portion thereof for inducing a lifting of a bow at generally low boat speeds and for providing a stabilizing effect thereto, wherein a desirable tracking capability of the hull is provided during a towing of a performer;
- port and starboard spray pockets formed proximate the port and starboard chines, respectively, at an aft an outboard portion of the hull for reducing a side spray of water therefrom;
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- a dispersion tunnel formed along the keel within an aft most portion of the hull, the dispersion tunnel extending through the transom for enhancing the lift and while reducing a center height dimension of a wake resulting from an operation of the hull.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.