Patent ID: 9580147
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B63B,B63H,G08B,G08G,Y02T

Claim:
1. A boat configured to produce a wake for wake surfing, the boat comprising: a hull configured to produce a wake having a starboard-side wave and a port-side wave when the hull moves through water; a first element that is electronically positionable to change a flow of water when the hull moves through water, said change of said flow modifying the wake such that the starboard-side wave is substantially smoother than the port-side wave so that the wake is in a right side surf configuration; a first actuator configured to move the first element; a second element that is electronically positionable to change a flow of water when the hull moves through water, said change of said flow modifying the wake such that the port-side wave is substantially smoother than the starboard-side wave so that the wake is in a left side surf configuration; a second actuator configured to move the second element; a user input device configured to receive input from a user, said input including a determination to change the wake from the right side surf configuration to the left side surf configuration or from the left side surf configuration to the right side surf configuration, wherein responsive to said input, at least one of the first and second actuators moves at least a corresponding one of the first and second elements to responsively modify the wake while the hull moves through water at a speed suitable for surfing; and one or more rider notification elements configured to produce one or more alerts responsive to said input, to inform a rider that at least one of the first and second actuators will move at least one of the corresponding first and second elements to change the wake from the right side surf configuration to the left side surf configuration or from the left side surf configuration to the right side surf configuration; wherein the one or more rider notification elements produce at least one alert at a first time in response to said input, and wherein the at least one of the first and second actuators activates at a second time that is later than the first time by a delay time to move the at least one of the corresponding first and second elements.