Patent ID: 7108571
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for attaching a fin to the underside of a small watercraft, said apparatus including: a holder defining a recess, the holder being attachable to the watercraft, with the recess extending inwardly from the underside of the watercraft; at least two bodies which are each receivable within the recess defined in the holder, and each of which defines an elongate fin slot orientated at a different angular orientation; and a fin including an attachment formation which is receivable within each fin slot; characterised in that each body is receivable in the recess in a plurality of angular orientations about an axis generally perpendicular with the underside of the watercraft, that the whole attachment formation of the fin is longitudinally displaceable within each fin slot, and that each body is substitutable with another body defining a fin slot orientated at a different angular orientation relative to the plane of the underside of the watercraft, so that the fin, including the attachment formation, is receivable with the plane of the fin orientated with a different angle being defined between the plane of the fin and the plane of the underside of the watercraft.