Patent ID: 7963243
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A portable collapsible boat having a plurality of sections, and variable number of sections, for purposes of varying the length and carrying capacity: at least one rigid cockpit section, bow and stern sections, at least one of the bow and stern sections having a flexible hull, and connection means for operatively fastening the bow and stern sections to the rigid cockpit section, wherein the bow and stern sections each include an outer skin and stringers, and wherein the connection means for operatively fastening the bow and stern sections to the rigid cockpit section comprises: recesses in the rigid cockpit section for snugly accepting the stringers of the bow and stem sections, flanges on the bow and stern of the rigid cockpit section, and a batten encased within the skin of the bow and stern sections that is fitted over the flanges of the cockpit.