Patent ID: 7370596

Claim:
A hull configuration having a design waterline, a design waterline length, L, a prow, midsection, stern and keel, said hull configuration comprising: first and second opposing sidewalls extending upwardly from said keel from said prow to said stern to provide a hull cross section at said design waterline having a first portion with a predetermined width W; a first pair of opposing convex sidewalls, each of said opposing convex sidewalls having an apex and a low point on said hull, said low point closest to said prow being located at a minimum distance from said prow of 0.025 L, and each of said first pair of opposing convex sidewalls being disposed between said prow and said midsection and above said design waterline to provide a hull cross section having a second portion with a predetermined width between said apex of each of said first pair of opposing convex sidewalls of not less than 1.1 W; a second pair of opposing convex sidewalls, each of said second pair of opposing convex sidewalls having an apex and a low point on said hull, said low point closest to said stern being located at a minimum distance from said stern of 0.01 L, and each of said second pair of opposing convex pair of opposing convex sidewalls, each of said first pair of opposing convex sidewalls being disposed between said midsection and said stern and above said design waterline to provide a hull cross section having a third portion with a predetermined width between said apex of each of said second pair of opposing convex sidewalls of not less than 1.1 W; and said stern being terminated in a transom.