Patent ID: 6776114
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A water craft body including (1) a hull of sheet material bounded by a peripheral edge, (2) a deck of sheet material bounded by a peripheral edge and joined to the hull to form a peripheral joint about the hull and the deck and (3) a protector strip applied to the peripheral joint, and wherein:peripheral regions of the hull and the deck adjacent to the peripheral edges confront and engage each other at the peripheral joint; a first wall of the protector strip confronts and engages a peripheral region of one of the hull and the deck; a second wall of the protector strip overlies at least one of the peripheral edges of the hull and the deck; the protector strip includes an outwardly opening channel; a positioning groove is provided in the first wall of the protector strip on the side thereof that faces away from the peripheral region of one of the hull and the deck, the positioning groove being located in a surface of the first wall at an inner side of the channel; and fasteners located in the positioning groove extend through the protector strip and through the peripheral regions of the hull and the deck at intervals along the peripheral joint.