Patent ID: 9045196
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A rigid stabilizing tube attachable to a hull of an otherwise fully functional watercraft, such that the stabilizing tube becomes integral with the hull, the stabilizing tube comprising: a stabilizing tube which extends from a stern of a watercraft or beyond to a stabilizing bow of the watercraft or beyond, the stabilizing tube body comprising two half-tube sections, each half-tube section comprising a continuous single metal member having first and second spaced longitudinal edges attachable separately to the hull, each half-tube section having a length, wherein the single metal member has a plurality of spaced longitudinal bend lines between the first and second longitudinal edges along a portion of each half-tube section from an aft end to a selected point along the length thereof to form continuous C-shape in cross-section, wherein a remainder of each half-tube section to the stabilizing bow has portions cut out to define a plurality of separate, splayed finger portions, each finger portion being narrower at a forward end thereof, and then joined together along respective lengths thereof to a forward end of each half tube section, the two half-tube sections forming the stabilizing bow of the watercraft, or joined, respectively, to opposing ends of a separate forward section to form the stabilizing bow.