Patent ID: 7578253

Claim:
A boat intended to be powered by an outboard motor, said boat being symmetric about a longitudinal centerline, said boat comprising a hull, a transom, and a superstructure, said hull defining an undersurface meeting said transom of said boat at its stern, said undersurface comprising: a generally planar central portion having generally parallel side edges, an upturned bow section, mirror-imaged longitudinally-extending port and starboard pontoons disposed on either side of said centerline of said hull, spaced inwardly from said generally parallel edges of said central portion by at least about 10% of the beam of the hull, said pontoons being disposed in a forward portion of said hull and extending downwardly therefrom, said pontoons having a generally uniform transverse crosssectional shape from front to rear, and having at least downwardly-depending outer side walls that are approximately perpendicular to the water surface and parallel to the centerline, the forward portions of said pontoons curving upwardly so as to conform to said upturned bow section of the undersurface of said hull, and a stern rake section comprising a generally planar surface commencing at a transverse line forward of said transom and extending downwardly, so as to form a non-zero angle with respect to the generally planar central portion of said undersurface of said hull, and ending at said transom.