Patent ID: 6250246
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B63B,Y02T

Abstract:
A boat hull system comprising:a boat having a front and a rear, a hull with a forward portion toward the front and a rearward portion toward the rear, the forward portion having a width tapering smaller toward the front, the rearward portion having a substantially uniform width between the forward portion and the rear, the hull having a lower surface with a keel ridge, the lower surface of the forward portion being substantially smooth between the keel ridge and a lateral side of the lower surface, the lower surface of the rearward portion having a plurality of strake ridges extending substantially parallel to the keel ridge, the lower surface having at least two strake ridges on each lateral side of the keel ridge, adjacent strake ridges defining a channel therebetween; andan air duct extending between the lower surface of the forward portion and the lower surface of the rearward portion for moving air between the forward and rearward portions, the air duct having an entry opening in the lower surface of the forward portion and an exit opening in the lower surface of the rearward portion.