Patent ID: 7434531

Claim:
A boat with a selectively controllable wake when propelled through water, comprising: a boat hull having a longitudinal center line between port and starboard sides, a transom at the aft end, and a hull bottom extending substantially continuously to the transom; a propulsion system for propelling the boat hull over a body of water; and a device for controllably adjusting the wake of a boat for skiers and wake boarders pulled by the boat, including a first plate and a second plate, each plate having a forward end and a rear end with a bottom surface which is convexly curved between said forward and rear ends, a first mount secured to the port side of the boat transom and securing the forward end of the first plate for pivoting about a first axis which is behind the boat transom and generally lies parallel to the plane of the aft boat bottom adjacent the first mount, a second mount secured to the starboard side of the boat transom and securing the forward end of the second plate for pivoting about a second axis which is behind the boat transom and generally lies parallel to the plane of the aft boat bottom adjacent the second mount, and first and second plate controls between the boat transom and the first and second plates, respectively, said plate controls being selectively adjustable to adjustably pivot the first and second plates relative to the first and second mounts, respectively; wherein said first and second mounts each comprise an angled plate including a mounting portion securable to the boat transom and a base plate having a bottom surface substantially aligned with the bottom hull surface at the aft end of the boat, wherein said pivot axes are defined on the respective base plates spaced aft from the mounting portion, said transom is curved, and said angled plate mounting portion is curved to substantially match the curve of the transom, and said hull bottom and transom intersect at a first angle, said mounting portion and said base plate of each angled plate intersect at a second angle, and said first and second angles are supplementary.