Patent ID: 7131390

Claim:
A rescue boat comprising a hull fabricated from a lamination of fiber materials having a specific orientation to provide flexibility for shock absorbing, an inner keel beam freely retained along a central longitudinal axis of said hull on an inner surface of said hull, a transom cowling extending across opposed flexible sidewalls of said hull and connects to a transom wall, one or more transverse seating frames secured across said opposed flexible sidewalls by connecting brackets and adapted to transfer impact forces with said sidewalls, and one or more vertical rigid support posts secured to said inner keel beam and an associated one of said one or more transverse seating frames, said rigid vertical support posts being secured to said inner keel beam and retaining said inner keel beam over said inner surface of said hull along said central longitudinal axis to receive vertical impact forces from a bottom section of said keel to transfer said vertical impact forces to said one or more transverse seating frames and into said flexible sidewalls which flex to absorb said vertical impact forces.