Patent ID: 7918698

Claim:
A boat having a general contour defined by a periphery of predetermined shape and comprising a float which is closed on itself along said periphery and which comprises at least one floating tube that is longer than said periphery defining the general contour of the boat, which extends locally within said periphery towards the inside of the boat and which has at least one curved portion with a concavity turned towards the outside defining at least one re-entrant zone into which a person in the water can get and gain purchase with his elbows on the said curved portion of the tube in order to haul himself up and more easily climb into the boat, said boat being fitted with a tent fabric fixed, along the periphery defining the general contour of the boat, to the tube except for said portion defining said re-entrant zone, whereby said re-entrant zone forms a zone for the aeration of the inside of the boat closed by the tent fabric; and wherein: said float comprises at least two floating tubes, namely a lower floating tube and an upper floating tube, superposed over the whole of their lengths, said two tubes, the lower tube and upper tube, are both longer than said periphery defining the general contour of the boat, said two tubes, the lower tube and upper tube, extend locally within said periphery towards the inside of the boat and have at least one curved portion with a concavity toward towards the outside, said tent fabric is fixed to the upper tube except for said portion defining said re-entrant zone, and a wall is stretched across said re-entrant zone, said wall being secured to the lower tube beneath the latter along said curved portion.