Patent ID: 7299764
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: B63B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A boat hull, comprising: a hull body having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface having a fore portion, a central portion and an aft portion, the central portion having a central recess formed therein, the central recess having a substantially V-shaped cross-sectional contour, the central recess having a height and a width, the height and the width of the central recess both increasing in a fore-to-aft direction, the central recess having a forward vertex and a rear edge, the aft portion having an aft recess formed therein, the aft recess having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional contour, the aft recess being in communication with the central recess and extending in the fore-to-aft direction from the rear edge of the central recess to an aft edge of the lower surface, wherein the aft edge of the lower surface of the hull body defines an aft edge width, the aft edge width being measured in a port-to-starboard direction orthogonal to the fore-to-aft direction, the aft recess having a constant aft recess width associated therewith, the aft recess width being approximately 40% of the aft edge width.