Patent ID: 9643697
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B63B

Claim:
1. A method of operating a recreational sport boat to produce a surfable wake, the method comprising: moving a boat through a body of water; displacing water downward under a hull of the boat and outward of sides of the hull to create a cavity behind the boat; deploying a wake-modifying device on one of a port or starboard side of the boat's centerline by pivoting at least a portion of it downward about a pivot axis that is horizontal or inclined no more than about 35° from horizontal; redirecting water as it converges into the cavity behind the boat with at least one downturned surface provided at a trailing portion of the deployed wake-modifying device to create a surfable wake on a side of the boat opposite the deployed wake-modifying device; and pushing a surfer forward with the surfable wake.