Patent ID: 7753747

Claim:
A trolling boat, comprising: a molded hull having opposed sides, front, rear and bottom; a pair of spaced apart cavities formed in the bottom of the hull with each cavity being spaced inwardly from an adjacent side of the hull and at least partially open from the bottom; an electric trolling motor mounted in each cavity intermediately between the front and rear of the hull; an air purge line for removing air from each of the cavities; at least one valve for opening and closing the air purge line such that when the valve assumes an open position at least some of the air within the cavity can be removed from the cavity through the air purge line; wherein each cavity includes a wall and wherein the air purge line extends from the wall; wherein each cavity includes the wall that forms the top and sides of the cavity and wherein the wall encloses opposite ends of the cavity; and wherein there is formed an elongated opening in the bottom of the cavity that permits water to enter the cavity; wherein the depth of each cavity varies from the front of the cavity to the back of the cavity with the depth of the cavity in an intermediate area of the cavity being greater than the depth of the cavity at opposite end portions of the cavity; and wherein the wall of each cavity includes a shape and wherein the shape of the wall about opposite end portions is symmetrical.