Patent ID: 6729260
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A collapsible boat comprising:a frame having, a pair of gunwales, each having a gunwale first end and a gunwale second end, a series of ribs connectable to said pair of gunwales by gunwale-engaging clips, a keel stringer attachable to said series of ribs and terminating in a first stem element, having a first stem element end, and a second stem element, having a second stem element end, a first end connector on said gunwale first end of each of said gunwales, each of said first end connectors being engagable with said first stem element end; a hull skin having, a pair of gunwale sleeves, each of which slidably engages one of said pair of gunwales, a pair of side panels which attach to said pair of gunwale sleeves, a bottom panel attached to said pair of side panels, said pair of side panels and said bottom panel being configured to secure said pair of side panels with respect to each other; means for securing said gunwale second ends with respect to said second stem element end; and means for longitudinally tensioning said hull skin with respect to said frame, thereby securing each of said first end connectors to said first stem element end.