Boat Hull
OwnerLeighton W. Moore, JR., Thomas Greer +1inventors
InventorsLeighton W. Moore, JR., Thomas Greer, Stephen M. Early
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Abstract
A shallow draft boat having a boat hull that allows for stability, maneuverability, and speed while needing only inches of draft. The hull generally includes a ski, a bottom shell, a left and right chine and a bow wrapper.
Claims39
A boat hull having a beam and an overall length and wherein said hull comprises:
- a ski having an approximately triangular shape and wherein a first side of said ski has a length of approximately 7-27% of the beam and wherein a second and third side each have a ski length of less than 75% of said overall length and greater than 25% of said overall length;
- a bottom shell extending outwardly from said ski and wherein said bottom shell has a dead rise of at least 5 degrees and a dead rise of no greater than 25 degrees;
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- a bow wrapper.
The hull of claim 30 wherein said first chine width is 2-9.5% of the beam, said second chine width is 2-9% of the beam, and said third chine width is 1.5-9% of the beam.
A boat hull extending between a transom and a bow and having a beam and an overall length, the boat hull comprising:
- a ski having an approximately triangular shape to define a first side disposed along the transom and second and third sides extending from said first side towards the bow along a ski plane;
- a bottom shell extending outwardly from said second and third sides to a left chine and a right chine and wherein said bottom shell has a transom dead rise between 6 to 10 degrees proximate to the transom and relative to said ski plane to minimize vertical displacement of said chine relative to said ski plane;
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- at least one skeg coupled to said bottom shell and disposed proximate the transom and inwardly from said left chine and said right chine to prevent roll-out during high speed turns.
A boat hull extending between a transom and a bow and having a beam and an overall length, the boat hull comprising:
- a ski having an approximately triangular shape to define a first side disposed along the transom and second and third sides extending from said first side towards the bow along a ski plane;
- said first side having a length of approximately 15-19% of the beam and said second and third sides having a length of approximately 58-64% of the overall length;
- a bottom shell extending outwardly from said second and third sides to a left chine and a right chine and wherein said bottom shell has a transom dead rise between 7-8 degrees relative to said ski plane and proximate the transom to minimize vertical displacement of said left and right chines relative to said ski plane, a first dead rise between 7-8.5 degrees relative to said ski plane and measured at a length of approximately 25% of the overall length from the transom, a second dead rise between 8-10.5 degrees relative to said ski plane and measured at a length of approximately 50% of the overall length from the transom, a third dead rise between 19-23 degrees relative to said ski plane and measured at a length of approximately 75% of the overall length from the transom;
- at least one skeg coupled to said bottom shell and disposed proximate the transom and between said left chine and said right chine and wherein said left and right chines each have a transom chine width proximate to the transom being 2-10% of the beam, a first chine width measured at a length of approximately 25% of the overall length from the transom and being 2.5-7% of the beam, a second chine width measured at a length of approximately 50% of the overall length from the transom and being 2.4-6.4% of the beam, and a third chine width measured at a length of approximately 75% of the overall length from the transom and being 2.2-5.8% of the beam;
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- a bow wrapper extending forward proximate the bow and having an expanding curvature as the distance from said ski plane increases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.