Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Boarding aids
Patent
1999-04-13
2000-09-12
Avila, Stephen
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Boarding aids
114 5557, B63B 1700
Patent
active
061161829
ABSTRACT:
A watercraft includes a hull construction that incorporates raised aft foot area sections to increase the buoyancy of the watercraft. The watercraft also includes an elongated seat that can be straddled by at least two riders. An aft portion of the seat that extends between the raised aft foot area sections has a narrowed width in comparison to a portion of the seat extending over an engine of the watercraft to improve the comfort of the rider sitting on the aft seat portion. The wider seat portion over the engine accommodates a wider engine to eliminate sharp bends in exhaust and induction pathways and thereby improve engine performance. The watercraft hull also includes an integral boarding aid formed at the aft end of the seat and extending contiguous with a deck platform. The boarding aid includes first and second members that extend toward a stern of the watercraft and are arranged to be grasped by a person, when in the body of water in which the watercraft is operated, with his or her arms spread apart by about shoulder's width. This arrangement aids the person to push down on the aft end of the watercraft and to pull himself or herself onto the deck platform.
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Avila Stephen
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
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