Patent ID: 9694875
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B63B

Claim:
1. A floating vessel comprising at least one inflatable hull incorporating at least one pneumatic envelope with two superimposed walls, wherein said walls each incorporating a layer of textile and being interconnected by a multitude of joining threads spread over the entire surface area of said layers, forming a structure suitable to be inflated to a pressure that can instill rigidity in said structure, and that can ensure a buoyancy of said hull, independently of any added buoyancy component; wherein said envelope has a first curvature in a transversal cross-section and a second curvature in at least its front part in a longitudinal cross-section forming a bow of the inflatable hull; wherein one of said walls corresponds with an interior side of said curvature of the bow, and the other of said walls corresponds to an exterior side of said curvature of the bow; and wherein said envelope has at least one tuck worked so as to form the bow; wherein the floating vessel incorporates a first aperture for passage of a centerboard extending over at least a portion of the length of said pneumatic envelope, and traversing said inflatable hull; wherein the floating vessel includes at least one part forming a centerboard well designed to be received in said first aperture traversing said hull; and equipped with a propulsion system.