Patent ID: 8419487

Claim:
An internally mounted small watercraft rowing fin system, comprising: a. a hull with two opposite sidewalls each with a gunwale, an inside surface, and a chine; b. a hollow, vertically aligned mounting tube integrally attached or formed on said inside surface on each said sidewall, said mounting tube extending downward along said inside surface and through said hull and terminating at or near said chine; c. two rotating fin assemblies mounted on the opposite sidewalls of a watercraft, each said fin assembly including a rotating post longitudinally aligned inside said mounting tube, each said rotating post being sufficient in length and has an upper end that is located adjacent to said gunwale and a lower end that extends below said mounting tube, each said rotating fin assembly also includes a handle hinge securely mounted on said upper end of said rotating post and a perpendicularly aligned fin attached to a section said rotating post that extends below said mounting tube; and, d. a rowing handle attached at one end to each said handle hinge, said rowing handle and said handle hinge being configured so that said handle may extend inward and grasped by a rower when rowing or said handle may swing in a vertical 180 degree arc over said handle hinge thereby allowing a rower sitting in a rearward facing or forward facing direction grasp said handle and row.