Patent ID: 9174703
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A recreational sport boat comprising: a hull including starboard and port sides and a transom; and a pair of wake-modifying devices positioned aft of the transom, one of the wake-modifying devices being positioned on a port side of the boat's centerline and another of the wake-modifying devices being positioned on a starboard side of the boat's centerline, each wake-modifying device being pivotable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position about a pivot axis that is horizontal or inclined no more than about 35° from horizontal, each wake-modifying device including: a plate-like member; and at least two downturned surfaces at a trailing portion of the plate-like member, the two downturned surfaces being at an obtuse angle relative to each other, wherein in the deployed position, the downturned surfaces are lower than they are in the non-deployed position so as to be able to modify the boat's wake.