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US 2007/0044700 A1Published application
Outrigger canoe and kit for making the same
AssigneeMarzan LLC
InventorChris Williams
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Abstract
The invention provides a kit for constructing a boat, such as an outrigger canoe, which a user can build into a complete outrigger canoe. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the kit can include a plurality of precut wooden panels, wooden spars, metal hardware, composite parts, manufactured parts, fiberglass, epoxy, and a set of directions.
Claims20
A kit for building an outrigger canoe, the kit comprising:
- a) a plurality of preformed pieces for forming a main hull of an outrigger canoe;
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- b) a plurality of pieces for forming an outrigger pontoon.
A method of building an outrigger canoe hull from an outrigger canoe kit, the method comprising:
- a) providing a plurality of preformed pieces for forming a main hull of an outrigger canoe;
- b) applying adhesive to the preformed pieces and arranging the pieces to form substantially flat sides of the hull, wherein none of the pieces are as long as a boat made from the kit;
- c) constructing a keel of the hull by attaching the sides of the hull along a bottom of the sides;
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- d) attaching a deck to the top of the sides.
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A method of building an outrigger canoe hull from an outrigger canoe kit, the method comprising:
- a) making a canoe-shaped form;
- b) attaching strips of wood to the form along a length of the form;
- c) gluing adjacent strips to each other along the form;
- d) removing the glued strips from the form together as formed hull.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.