Patent ID: 7434532

Claim:
A small planing boat comprising a boat body that includes a fuel tank disposed within the boat body and a deck, the deck having an upper surface that forms a floor side of the deck with concave sections, the deck further having a front side section comprising: a hatch cover, an opening section configured to be closed and opened with the hatch cover, a filler opening provided in the vicinity of the opening section, the filler opening being in fluid communication with the fuel tank and adapted to be covered by closing the opening section with the hatch cover, a fuel-receiving concave section formed around the filler opening, the fuel-receiving concave section having a bottom surface section, the filler opening extending through the bottom surface section, and a guide groove formed to decline downward from the bottom surface section of the fuel-receiving concave section and to direct any spilled fuel in the fuel-receiving concave section to flow outwardly of the boat body and in a forward direction away from the concave sections of the floor side of the deck.