Patent ID: 7418916

Claim:
A sit-in molded kayak comprising: a) a hull; b) a deck having a bow portion, an aft portion, and a central opening into a passenger compartment, said bow portion having a plurality of wave-breaking channels formed in an upper surface of the deck and extending entirely across said bow portion, each of said channels having a first forward-most central section, and second and third sections which angle outwardly aft around said central opening, whereby when waves break over said bow portion, said wave-breaking channels captivate water from the waves and channel the water around said central opening; and c) said bow portion further comprising a plurality of footrests depending from a lower surface of the deck and integrally molded into said bow portion, each foot rest including a forward-directed surface and an aft-directed surface, said aft-directed surface receiving a toe and ball-of-the-foot portion of a kayaker's foot.