Ships – Ballasting – Floats
Patent
1990-02-09
1991-04-16
Swinehart, Ed
Ships
Ballasting
Floats
114345, B63B 4314
Patent
active
050073621
ABSTRACT:
A portable outrigger assembly for use to enhance the stability of a boat. The outrigger assembly comprises an inflatable hull, a tube for supporting the inflatable hull in spaced-apart relationship to a sailboat, and a hull attachment member for securing the inflatable hull to the tube. The hull attachment member includes arms to selectively change the cross-sectional shape of the inflatable hull so as to modify the lift capability thereof as desired.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4136414 (1979-01-01), Popkin
patent: 4641594 (1987-02-01), Birkett
patent: 4771722 (1988-09-01), Tihany
Jenkins Richard E.
Swinehart Ed
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