Patent ID: 7895962

Claim:
A sectional boat comprising: fore and aft boat sections releasably couplable together by a releasable coupler cooperating between the fore and aft boat sections, wherein said releasable coupler comprises at least one dovetail coupler having at least one female dovetail groove mounted on a first section of said fore and aft boat sections, and a corresponding at least one male dovetail tenon mounted on a second boat section of said fore and aft boat sections wherein each said tenon is sized to snugly slidably mate into a corresponding said female dovetail groove in said first boat section, wherein each said tenon includes a substantially vertically upstanding lug mounted to and extending upwardly from an upper most end of each said tenon so as to extend above an upper edge of said first boat section when each said tenon is snugly mated in said corresponding female dovetail groove, wherein each said lug includes an aperture, and wherein said coupler further comprises a member for mating in each said aperture so as to releasably lock each said tenon in said snug mating engagement in said corresponding female dovetail groove.