Patent ID: 9555865
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B63B

Claim:
1. A watercraft comprising: a hull having a port side sheet, a starboard side sheet, and a bow having a bow wrap, wherein the port and starboard side sheets each define a longitudinal channel; a port stabilizing member and a starboard stabilizing member, each stabilizing member comprising a sheath containing a floatation member, wherein the sheath comprises a keeper portion configured to be received into the corresponding longitudinal channel, and further wherein the bow wrap is configured to receive a forward end of each of the port and starboard stabilizing members; a first tensioning mechanism fixedly installed in the bow wrap and a second tensioning mechanism fixedly installed in the bow wrap; a port tension member configured to extend through the port stabilizing member sheath keeper portion and having a forward end configured to adjustably engage the first tensioning mechanism and an aft end configured to be fixedly attached to an aft end of the hull, and a starboard tension member configured to extend through the starboard stabilizing member sheath keeper portion and having a forward end configured to adjustably engage the second tensioning mechanism and an aft end configured to be fixedly attached to the aft end of the hull; wherein the port stabilizing member is releasably attached to the hull by the port tension member and the starboard stabilizing member is releasably attached to the hull by the starboard tension member.