Patent ID: 6386932
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
An inflatable boat adapted to serve as a training aid and enable a towable, personal hydrofoil watersport device adapted to carry a seated rider having an elongate board and a generally vertical strut extending generally at a right angle to said board to float on the surface of the water while carrying a rider comprising:(a) a pair of elongated spaced apart inflatable pontoon sections connected in proximity to their lower extremities by (b) a carrying surface including an upper surface, a leading edge and a trailing edge, said pontoon sections and said leading edge of said carrying surface forming a generally smooth leading fairing surface for being towed through water with minimum drag, said carrying surface being provided with an opening in proximity to its trailing edge, said opening being adapted to retain said strut and the lateral distance between said pontoon sections being adapted to receive therebetween the elongated board while said elongated board is resting on the upper surface of said carrying surface.