Patent ID: 7681512

Claim:
A wind-powered, air cushioned, rotatable platform for floating on a body of liquid, the platform comprising: a deck having an upper surface, a lower surface and a rigid lower hull extending around an outer perimeter of said deck and below said lower surface, said rigid lower hull comprising a watertight buoyant chamber and defining a hull footprint circumscribing a circular area, a blow tank being defined by a space between said deck lower surface and said circular area circumscribed by said hull footprint at the surface of the body of liquid, wherein a substantial portion of said blow tank is spaced laterally from said watertight buoyant chamber; an air pump supported by said deck and having a pump outlet; a fill pipe having a first end connected to said pump outlet and a second end in communication with said lower surface of said deck; wherein said air pump is adapted to pump air through said fill pipe to said blow tank; and a plurality of vanes coupled to said deck designed and arranged to catch the wind and harness the power of the wind to rotate the floating platform.