Front-drive boat

Details Front-drive boat Front-drive boat

1996-06-26

1997-06-03

Avila, Stephen

Ships

Displacement-type hull

440 5, 440 38, B63B 100

Patent

active

056344198

ABSTRACT:
A watercraft having its propulsion machinery near the bow. The hull of the craft has a single, tapered bow section, with a drive pod under the center of the bow. The bow section is tapered up into the hull aft of the middle of the craft, while the sides of the craft are extended downward aft of the middle of the craft, forming a double hull at the rear. The drive pod is capable of freely rotating, allowing the craft to be steered by vectoring the thrust at the bow. Because the thrust is pulling the craft from the bow, rather than pushing from the stern, the craft is inherently stable in the manner of a front-wheel drive automobile.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3807337 (1974-04-01), English et al.
patent: 4348972 (1982-09-01), Parsons
patent: 4506617 (1985-03-01), Waas et al.
patent: 4862817 (1989-09-01), Hornsby, Jr. et al.

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