Patent ID: 8585450
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. A water flow limiting system for mounting to a boat having a bottom with an undersurface, a propeller shaft and a propeller affixed to the propeller shaft, comprising: a water flow limiting plate having a forward end and a rearward end and wherein said water flow limiting plate is configured so that said water flow limiting plate can be aligned generally parallel to the undersurface of the boat below the propeller shaft and forward of the propeller and is operative to limit water flow to the propeller; a coupling mechanism that enables steering of said water flow limiting plate relative to the boat; a controllable bite ram that controls vertical positioning of a rearward end of said water flow limiting plate relative to the propeller shaft; and a bracket mounted to said forward end of said water flow limiting plate and configured so that it can be mounted to the boat to maintain said forward end of said water flow limiting plate from moving below the undersurface of the boat when running in water.