Boat hull design
OwnerRobert P. Kingsburyinventor
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Abstract
A multi-hull design suitable for various size boats ranging from racing craft to the large military ships. The apparatus is a polygonal boat hull apparatus having a bow and stern wave penetrating feature. The hull is made from triangular-shaped essentially flat panels which provides for substantially stability and strength. The hull can be made in various configurations ranging from catamarans, triamarans to multiple hull designs in accordance with the projected use of the vessel. The invention includes a drive pod system having a plurality of propulsion units. The invention also provides at least one hydropneumatic cylinder that adjusts the angle of attack of the propulsion unit. The hull may also be rigged as a multi-masted sailing vessel.
Claims10
A multi-hull apparatus having an axis coincident with the direction of travel comprising, said apparatus comprising:
- at least one starboard hull section having a bow section and a stern wave section;
- wherein said bow section and said stern section are substantially equal;
- and
- at least one port hull section having a bow section and a stern section;
- wherein said bow section and said stern section are also substantially equal;
- and wherein said at least one starboard hull section and said at one port hull section are also substantially equal thus making said apparatus bilaterally symmetrical as well as fore and aft symmetrical when viewed amidships;
- and
- each bow section and each stern section of said at least one starboard and port sections further comprising more than three triangular panels meeting a common point such that the common point of each said bow section and said each said stern section of each said hull sections are aligned to prove a hull section axis that is substantially parallel to the axis of the direction of travel;
- and wherein each said hull section has at least one sail and mast assembly to propel said multi-hull apparatus.
A multi-hull apparatus having an axis coincident with the direction of travel comprising, said apparatus comprising:
- at least one starboard hull section having a bow section and a stern wave section;
- wherein said bow section and said stern section are substantially equal;
- and
- at least one port hull section having a bow section and a stern section;
- wherein said bow section and said stern section are also substantially equal;
- and wherein said at least one starboard hull section and said at one port hull section are also substantially equal thus making said apparatus bilaterally symmetrical as well as fore and aft symmetrical when viewed amidships;
- and
- each bow section and each stern section of said at least one starboard and port sections further comprising more than three triangular panels meeting a common point such that the common point of each said bow section and said each said stern section of each said hull sections are aligned to prove a hull section axis that is substantially parallel to the axis of the direction of travel;
- and wherein each said hull section has at least one row of propulsion units;
- and wherein said at least one propulsion unit further comprises at least one hydropneumatic cylinder that can position said at least one propulsion unit at various angles of attack relative to the hull section axis that said at least one propulsion is attached thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.