Water sports foldable towing apparatus and method

A water sports vessel comprising:

• starboard and port spaced apart gunwales;
• an upwardly extending first base fixedly attached to the starboard gunwale;
• an upwardly extending second base fixedly attached to the port gunwale;
• an upwardly extending structural assembly extending between the first and second bases, the structural assembly having a lower first side pivotally connected to the first base and a lower second side pivotally connected to the second base for movement of the structural assembly between a towing position to a stored position;
• and
• at least one locking assembly operable with the structural assembly and at least one of the first and second bases, the locking assembly comprising:
• a pin carried by at least one of the structural assembly and the base;
• a hook rotatably carried by at least one of the base and the structural assembly;
• and
• a cam pivotally connected to the hook for movement of the hook between a locked position and a released position,
• wherein in the locked position, the hook includes a hooking portion thereof secured to the pin for fixing the structural assembly to the at least one of the first and second bases, thus preventing a rotation of the structural assembly with the at least one of the first and second bases, and
• wherein in the released position, the hooking portion is spaced from the pin so as to permit rotation of the structural assembly about the at least one of the first and second bases.

An apparatus comprising:

• a base;
• a structural assembly pivotal relative to the base between a towing position and a stored position;
• and
• a locking assembly selectably locking the structural assembly against rotation from the towing position to the stored position, the locking assembly including:
• a pin associated with one of the base and the structural assembly;
• a hook associated with the other of the base and the structural assembly;
• and
• a cam engaging the hook to selectively slidingly engage the hook with the pin for locking the structural assembly against rotation from the towing position to the stored position.