Hull shape of personal watercraft
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakehiro Nakashima, Haruyoshi Maruyama, Mitsuhiro Yazaki, Kanji Kiyohara, Hisashi Fujii
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Abstract
Provided is a hull shape of a personal watercraft which can enhance speed performance, and still more, can also reduce rolling of a body. A bulging face 12 is formed on an outside part of a rear portion of a hull bottom 20 having a substantially V-shaped cross section and protrudes downward from an outside front face 20a positioned in front of the outside part. The bulging face 12 includes a fore part 13 inclined downward in the rearward direction, and a rear part 14 positioned above a virtual face A extended rearwardly from the fore part 13.
Claims5
A hull shape of a personal watercraft comprising:
- a hull bottom having a substantially V-shaped cross section and an outside front face;
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- a bulging face formed on an outside part of a rear portion of said hull bottom and protruding downward from said outside front face positioned in front of the outside part;
- said bulging face including a fore part inclined downward in the rearward direction and a rear part positioned above a virtual face defined as an extension rearwardly from the fore part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.