Patent ID: 9694873
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B63B,B63H,G08B,G08G,Y02T

Claim:
1. A boat configured to provide an alert that the boat is reconfiguring, or is about to reconfigure, itself to change one or more aspects of a wake, the boat comprising: a hull configured to produce a wake when the hull moves through water; one or more positionable surfaces, the one or more positionable surfaces having a plurality of orientations with respect to said hull, wherein the one or more positionable surfaces at a first of said orientations are configured to modify said wake by causing an outward right-side face of said wake to be smoother than an outward left-side face of said wake thereby forming a surf right configuration, and wherein the one or more positionable surfaces at a second of said orientations are configured to modify said wake by causing said outward left-side face of said wake to be smoother than said outward right-side face of said wake thereby forming a surf left configuration; a rider control device comprising a user interface configured to receive input from a rider surfing behind the boat, said input including a selection by the rider to transition from said surf right configuration to said surf left configuration, or from said surf left configuration to said surf right configuration; one or more actuators responsive to the input received by the user interface to move the one or more positionable surfaces from said first orientation that is configured to form the surf right configuration to said second orientation that is configured to form the surf left configuration, or from said second orientation that is configured to form the surf left configuration to said first orientation that is configured to form the surf right configuration; and a driver notification module configured to provide one or more notifications to a driver of the boat that the wake is transitioning, or is about to transition, from the surf right configuration to the surf left configuration, or from the surf left configuration to the surf right configuration, wherein the driver notification module is configured to provide the one or more notifications to the driver in response to the input received from the rider via the rider control device.