Patent ID: 7192323

Claim:
A low profile stabilizer device for attaching to the under surface of a watercraft, including in combination a plurality of stubby keel members joined by one or more transverse members spaced from the bottom surface of the watercraft, the keel members comprising a normally vertical foremost keel member positioned along the longitudinal centerline of the watercraft, trailing keel members on either side of the foremost keel member, the trailing keel members leaning in a normal position at an angle from vertical with respect to the foremost keel member and trailing in staggered formation on each side of the centerline outwardly towards the rear and sides of the watercraft, wherein the trailing keel members are longitudinally spaced apart from the vertical foremost keel member when seen in a side elevational view of the stabilizer device, wherein the longitudinally staggered formation is adapted to substantially reduce or remove interference to the sideways release of water from each keel member by an adjacent keel member, and wherein in operation, one or more of the leaning keel members approach a vertical position as the watercraft heels over in a turning maneuver.