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US 5,453,572 AGranted
Docking watercraft
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNoboru Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Hattori
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AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNoboru Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Hattori
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A berthing type of watercraft having a main hull that is devoid of any propulsion unit and which defines a passenger compartment to receive a plurality of passengers and a berthing area to receive a smaller watercraft having a propulsion device for powering the watercraft when received in the berthing area. There is provided a pair of storage compartments on the opposite sides of the berthing area where riders may sit with their feet in the berthing area. A detachable table can be stored in a storage compartment on one side of the berthing area for use by the seated riders. A bridge also extends over the rear portion of the berthing area and provides an arrangemen for lifting the rear of the small watercraft out of the water. In addition, a canopy may be attached to the bridge to afford protection for the berthing area and the passengers' area.
A watercraft having a main hull defining a passenger's compartment and a berthing area open through the rear of said main hull and adapted to receive a smaller watercraft having a propulsion unit, said berthing area and said passenger compartment both being generally uncovered, said passengers compartment extended at least in part along one side of said berthing area said main hull being devoid of a propulsion device, said berthing area being configured and arranged for propulsion of said main hull by the smaller watercraft propulsion unit when received in said berthing area and when the smaller watercraft is still within the body of water in which said main hull is floating, and a bridge on said main hull extending at least in part over said betthing area, said bridge being formed by a pair of side posts extending upwardly on opposite sides of the berthing area and transversely outwardly of said passenger compartment and a cross piece fixed to the upper ends of said side posts and extending transversely across said berthing area, said bridge extending for a lesser length than the length of said berthing area and formed only at the rear portion of the berthing area.
A watercraft having a main hull defining a passenger compartment in a berthing area adapted to receive a smaller watercraft having a water jet propulsion unit, said main hull being devoid of a propulsion device, said berthing area being configured and arranged for propulsion of said main hull by the smaller watercraft water let propulsion unit when received in said berthing area, said berthing area being formed by at least a submerged partial lower wall having an opening therein for cooperation with an inlet opening to the water jet propulsion unit of the smaller watercraft for drawing water into the water jet propulsion unit when the smaller watercraft is in said berthing area, and hoist means adapted to raise the water inlet opening of the water jet propulsion unit of the smaller watercraft out of the body of water in which the watercraft is operating for storage while in the berthing area.
A watercraft having a main hull defining a passenger compartment at a berthing area adapted to receive a smaller watercraft having a propulsion unit, said main hull being devoid of a propulsion device, said berthing area being configured and arranged for propulsion of said main hull by said smaller watercraft propulsion unit when received in said berthing area, said main hull providing means on at least one side of said berthing area where a rider may sit with his feet in said berthing area, and a detachable table affixed to said main hull and extending over the rider's feet and within the berthing area when the rider is seated with his feet in the berthing area.
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