Cabin for docking watercraft
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNoboru Kobayashi
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Abstract
A number of embodiments of docking watercraft, each embodying at least one cabin adapted to contain at least one bunk for accommodating a lying passenger. The cabin is disposed relative to the berthing area so that an operator on the smaller watercraft in the berthing area can operate the combined watercraft without his view being substantially obstructed by the cabin. Both forward and side position cabins are disclosed, and in some embodiments, the berthing area extends beneath a seat in a forward passenger's compartment so as to reduce the overall length of the watercraft.
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A watercraft comprised of a main hull devoid of any propulsion device and defining a passenger's area adapted to accommodate a plurality of passengers and a berthing area opening through a transom of said main hull and adapted to accommodate a smaller watercraft hull having a powering internal combustion engine and a propulsion device driven by said engine and in which said engine and propulsion device are capable of propelling said main hull, said smaller watercraft hull having a control for said smaller watercraft and a passenger's area in proximity to said control for control of said smaller watercraft by a passenger in said passenger's area, and means defining a cabin in said main hull in at least a portion of said passenger's area and containing at least one bunk to accommodate a lying passenger and a roof over said cabin, said being roof being related to said berthing area so that a rider on said smaller watercraft can operate said watercraft when said smaller watercraft is in said berthing area without his view over said cabin roof being substantially obstructed.
A watercraft comprised of a main hull devoid of any propulsion device and defining a passenger's area adapted to accommodate a plurality of passengers and a berthing area opening through a transom of said main hull and adapted to accommodate a smaller watercraft hull having a powering internal combustion engine and a propulsion device driven by said engine and in which said engine and propulsion device are capable of propelling said main hull, said smaller watercraft hull having a control for said smaller watercraft and a passenger's area in proximity to said control for control of said smaller watercraft by a passenger in said passenger's area, and means defining a cabin provided on each side of said berthing area containing at least one bunk to accommodate a lying passenger, said cabins being related to said berthing area so that a rider on said smaller watercraft can operate said watercraft when said smaller watercraft is in said berthing area without his view being substantially obstructed by said cabins.
A watercraft comprised of a main hull devoid of any propulsion device and defining a passenger's area adapted to accommodate a plurality of passengers and a berthing area opening through a transom of said hull and adapted to accommodate a smaller watercraft hull having a powering internal combustion engine and a propulsion device driven by said engine and in which said engine and propulsion device are capable of propelling said main hull, said smaller watercraft hull having a control for said smaller watercraft and a passenger's area in proximity to said control for control of said smaller watercraft by a passenger in said passenger's area, and means defining an enclosed cabin in said main hull in at least a portion of said main hull passenger's area forwardly of said berthing area, the height of a top closure of said cabin being lower than the position of the head of a rider on said smaller watercraft when said smaller watercraft is in said berthing area without his view being substantially obstructed by said cabin.
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