Patent ID: 7007628

Claim:
An improved watercraft, comprising: a hull comprising a top, a bottom, an inside surface, an outside surface, a bow portion, and a stern portion; wherein said hull further comprises at least one paddler opening disposed through said top, said paddler opening being dimensioned to allow a human paddler to pass through said opening and sit such that lower extremities of said human paddler are in contact with said inside surface of said bottom of said hull, and such that said human paddler may look downward and see a viewing area formed on said bottom of said hull proximate to said lower extremities; and wherein said hull further comprises at least one viewing opening disposed through at least a portion of said viewing area of said bottom of said hull; and at least one viewing system attached to said bottom of said hull, said viewing system comprising: a substantially transparent viewing window disposed within said viewing opening through said bottom of said hull, wherein said viewing window comprises a top surface and a bottom surface and has a substantially oblong shape forming photographic portion and a viewing portion, wherein said photographic portion is dimensioned to accommodate a photographic hood, and wherein said viewing portion is dimensioned to allow said paddler to see through said viewing window when the photographic hood is disposed over said photographic portion of said viewing window; attachment means for attaching said viewing window to said bottom of said hull; and sealing means for creating a watertight seal between said viewing window and said bottom of said hull.