Patent ID: 7395773
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A boat comprising: a plurality of substantially hollow hull sections, each section having at least one bulkhead side, at least one peripheral side, a bottom side, and a top side, the plurality of hull sections including a bow section, a middle section, and a stern section, the middle section including a forward bulkhead side for attaching to the bow section, a rear bulkhead side for attaching to the stern section, and a substantially open top side; at least one bulkhead attachment means comprising a groove portion and a tongue portion, each tongue portion for slidable mutual engagement to one of the groove portions, each portion fixed to one of the at least one bulkhead sides of one of the hull sections; one of the tongue portions including a locking means for selectively locking each tongue portion to the groove portion, at least one of the hull sections including a keel on the bottom side thereof that partially overlaps an adjacent hull section when the two hull sections are fixed together by the bulkhead attachment means; whereby the boat may be assembled by slidably engaging each tongue portion of one of the plurality of hull sections to one of the groove portions of one of the other hull sections and locking each hull section together with the locking means, the keel acting as a stop for preventing slidable engagement of the two hull sections beyond a point of proper coaxial alignment thereof.