Patent ID: 6843691

Claim:
A sculling apparatus for propelling a boat through a body of water, the boat having a generally vertical and rigid surface with a top edge along the boat's perimeter, the apparatus comprising a vertical stock with an upper end and a lower end, the vertical stock centered about a vertical axis; a mounting means supporting the vertical stock for radial movement about the vertical axis and providing removable attachment of the vertical stock to the rigid vertical surface of the boat; an actuating means enabling a human to impart radial movement to the vertical stock about the vertical axis, the actuating means pivotably connected about a first horizontal axis to the upper end, wherein the actuating means may be pivoted from a first position for operational deployment to a second position generally adjacent to the vertical stock for compact storage when not operationally deployed; and a fin comprised of a plurality of overlapping panels attached to the lower end, each panel independently pivotable about a common second horizontal axis extending through both the lower end and the panels, wherein the plurality of panels may be pivoted from a third position extending generally horizontally from the lower end for operational deployment to a fourth position generally adjacent to the vertical stock for compact storage when not operationally deployed.