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US 7,458,327 B1Granted
Planing pontoon boat hull
AssigneeShiloh Holdings, LLC
InventorWilliam E. Dunkerson
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Abstract
A planing pontoon hull is described including a bow section with separate steep and shallow bow planes separated by left and right displacement guides extending upward from a planar bottom. Forward bow angle, steep deflections angles, displacement angles, and shallow planing angles are described for water movement over a range of water speeds and depths.
Claims7
A boat apparatus for traveling across water, the boat apparatus comprising:
- at least two lower extending displacement plane pontoon hulls connected to support a boat deck;
- each pontoon hull including an upper hull block including an upper front, an upper left side, and an upper right side;
- a lower hull block connected to the upper hull block, the lower hull block defining a bow section and a body section;
- the body section including a back, a left side, and a right side connected by a planing bottom having a front edge;
- the bow section including a steep bow plane and left and right displacement guides connected by a forward split edge extending downward from the steep bow plane to a shallow bow plane, the shallow bow plane extending back to the front edge of the planing bottom.
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