Patent ID: 6343562
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
An adjustable stability system adapted for attachment to any canoe or kayak, permitting the highest possible stability without preventing normal paddling to safety, comprising:a pair of buoyancy tubes, the mid-point of each buoyancy tube adapted for attachment to each side of a hull of a canoe or kayak near the waterline and near the point of maximum beam on the hull without preventing normal paddling to safety of said canoe or kayak, the mid-point of said buoyancy tubes also adapted to facilitate attchament from the water after capsize, or from a kayak cockpit or canoe interior before capsize; and a means of attachment of said buoyancy tubes is generally above the waterline of said canoe or kayak to nearly or totally eliminate drag, said buoyancy tubes are immersed in water to create stability only by inflation, and said buoyancy tubes are each stowed against the hull in a protective bag that is marked rescue emergency.