Patent ID: 7878136
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
1. An engine driven marine vessel comprising: a hull having a tunnel integrated with a bottom side of said hull and having at least one engine driven surface piercing propeller having a central axis and a diameter; a rudder assembly defined as at least two rudders mounted in said tunnel in a position aft of said surface piercing propeller, each said rudder operatively associated with a vessel steering control and juxtapositioned to an outer edge of the diameter of said surface piercing propeller, each said rudder pivotally mounted on a first and second vertical axis, said first and second axis are equidistantly spaced from a vertical axis passing through a center axis of said propeller, said two rudders are spaced from said vertical axis no greater that a diameter of said surface piercing propeller; whereby said vessel can be easily maneuvered in both a forward and reverse direction wherein each rudder controls fluid flow produced along the outer diameter of the surface piercing propeller.