Waterborne craft
OwnerBrian C. Campbellinventor
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Abstract
A water borne craft includes a smooth rounded elongate sailboard type hull of little depth. The hull tapers down in width and in depth from its middle towards its ends and has smooth upper and lower surfaces. A cockpit extends downwardly into the hull from its upper surface to provide a craft usable in canoe mode. The craft also includes at least one removable reversible insert which fits snugly in two modes into the cockpit. The upper surface of the insert in one mode, being a paddle-ski mode, has recesses to accommodate the buttocks and feet of a paddle skier when the craft is used in the paddle ski mode. The opposite surface of the insert is uppermost in the other mode, being the sailboard mode. The opposite surface has structure for mounting a mast so that the craft can be used as a sailboard in this mode.
Claims9
A waterborne craft which includes
- a smooth rounded elongate sailboard type hull of little depth and which tapers down in width and in depth from its middle towards its ends and which has smooth upper and lower surfaces and a cockpit extending downwardly into the hull from its upper surface to provide a craft usable in canoe mode;
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- at least one removable reversible buoyant surfboard-like insert which fits snugly in two modes into the cockpit, the upper surface of the insert in one mode, being the paddle-ski mode, having recesses to accommodate the buttocks and feet of a paddle skier when the craft is used in this paddle-ski mode, and the opposite surface of the insert being uppermost in the other mode, being the sailboard mode, the said opposite surface having mounting means for mounting a mast so that the craft can be used as a sailboard in this mode, the insert being usable surfboard fashion by itself independently of the hull.
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