Outrigger apparatus

An outrigger system for supporting a person, said system comprising:

• a boat, said boat being elongate having a distal portion and a proximal portion, said boat having a top peripheral edge, said boat comprising a canoe;
• a pontoon portion, said pontoon portion having a front end and a back end, a peripheral wall extending between said front and back ends, said pontoon portion having an inner core, said inner core comprising buoyant material, said peripheral wall encompassing said inner core, said peripheral wall comprising water impermeable material, said peripheral wall comprising fiberglass, said front end being rounded;
• a coupling means for coupling said pontoon portion to said boat, said coupling means comprising:
• a pair of bars, each of said bars being elongate, each of said bars having a first end, a second end, a middle portion, a facing side and a back side, each of said bars having a top edge and a bottom edge, each of said bars having a lip extending therefrom, said lips being integrally coupled to said bottom edges and extending away from said facing sides of said bars, said lips being orientated generally perpendicular to said facing sides, each of said first ends of said bars being removably coupled to said top peripheral edge of said canoe, said first end of a first of said bars being positioned in said distal portion of said canoe, said first end of a second of said bars being positioned in said proximal portion of said boat;
• a pair of brackets for removably coupling said second ends of said bars to said pontoon portion, each of said brackets being elongate, each of said brackets being generally L-shaped taken transverse to a longitudinal axis of said brackets, each of said brackets having a base portion and an arm portion, each of said base and arm portions having bores therein, each of said base portions of said brackets being removably coupled to said pontoon portion, a first of said brackets being located generally adjacent to said first end of said pontoon portion, a second of said brackets being located generally adjacent to said second end of said pontoon portion, each of said brackets having said longitudinal axis being orientated generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said pontoon portion;
• a pair of height adjustment means for adjusting the height of said bars with respect to said pontoon portion, each of said height adjustment means being a plate, each of said plates having a front side and a bottom edge, each of said plates having a plurality of pairs of bores therein, each of said pairs of said bores generally lying along a line being orientated parallel to said bottom edge of said plate, each of said plates being removably mounted to one of said arm portions of said first and second brackets such that said bottom edge of said plates are generally positioned adjacent to said pontoon portion and said front sides of said plates are abutted against said arm portions of said brackets;
• wherein each of said bars are removably coupled to said plates such that said lips on said arms extend toward each other, said pontoon portion and said boat portion being spaced and orientated generally parallel to each other;
• a support portion for supporting the user, said support portion being a platform, said platform having a pair of opposing edges, each of said opposing edges being rested on one of said lips of said bars;
• a fastening means for fastening a first of said opposing edges to said facing side of said second bar, said fastening means comprising a bolt, said bolt being slidably coupled to a top side of said platform, said bolt being generally adjacent to said first opposing edge of said platform, said bolt being selectively insertable into a bore in said facing side of said second bar;
• a motor mount, said motor mount comprising a wall, said wall having a bottom edge, a first side and a second side, said bottom edge of said wall being abutted against and fixedly secured to said top side of said platform, said wall being generally adjacent to a second opposing edge of said platform, a fastening means extending through said bar and said first and second sides of said wall, said fastening means being a bolt;
• a seating device, said seating device comprising a post and chair, said post having a first end a second end, said first end being fixedly coupled to said platform, said first end being positioned generally adjacent to said motor mount, a bottom side of said chair being rotatably coupled to said second end of said post;
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• a plurality of fishing rod holders for holding the handle portions of fishing rods, each of said fishing rod holders having a first end and a second end, each of said fishing rod holders being elongate and hollow, each said first ends of said fishing rod holders being integrally coupled to said lips of said bars, said plurality of fishing rod holders being two fishing rod holders.

An outrigger system for supporting a person, said system for mounting to a canoe having a distal portion, a proximal portion and a top peripheral edge, said system comprising:

• a pontoon portion;
• a coupling means for coupling said pontoon portion to said canoe, said coupling means comprising:
• a pair of bars, each of said bars being elongate, each of said bars having a first end, and a second end, each of said first ends of said bars being removably couplable to the top peripheral edge of the canoe;
• a pair of brackets for removably coupling said second ends of said bars to said pontoon portion, each of said brackets being elongate, each of said brackets having a base portion and an arm portion, each of said base portions of said brackets being removably coupled to said pontoon portion, each of said second ends of said bars being removably coupled to one of said brackets;
• a support portion for supporting the user, said support portion being a platform, said platform having a pair of opposing edges, each of said opposing edges being rested on one of said bars, said platform having a top side;
• a motor mount, said motor mount comprising a wall, said wall having a bottom edge, a first side and a second side, said bottoms edge of said wall being abutted against and fixedly secured to said top side of said platform, said wall being generally adjacent to one of said bars;
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• a pair of height adjustment means for adjusting the height of said bars with respect to said pontoon portion, each of said height adjustment means being a plate, each of said plates having a front side and a bottom edge, each of said pairs having a plurality of pairs of bores therein, each of said pairs of said bores generally lying along a line being orientated parallel to said bottom edge of said plate, each of said plates being removably mounted to one of said arm portions of said first and second brackets such that said bottom edge of said plates are generally positioned adjacent to said pontoon portion and said front sides of said plates are abutted against said arm portions of said brackets.