Patent ID: 8122840
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: B63B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a transom stern displacement hull configured to operate at a speed-to-length ratio of from about 0.80 to about 3.00, the hull bisected along its length by a vertical centerplane, the hull including a hull underside along an aft portion of the hull, the hull underside having a deadrise angle along the hull underside of from approximately −12 degrees to 10 degrees, with the hull underside bounded on a right lateral side of the hull by a right hull side and on a left lateral side of the hull by a left hull side, the right and left hull sides each extending from the hull underside to a waterline; a right endplate coupled to the hull proximal the right hull side; and a left endplate coupled to the hull proximal the left hull side and generally opposite the right endplate, the right and left endplates each having a fixed height from approximately 0.2 percent of a displacement hull form beam measured adjacent the waterline to approximately 10 percent of the displacement hull beam measured adjacent the waterline, wherein the right and left endplates extend along a hull length from approximately the aft end of the hull toward a bow of the hull from about 1 to about 40 percent of hull waterline length, with the right and left endplates each generally aligned within approximately 20 degrees of being parallel to the vertical centerplane of the hull.