1976-03-29
1977-06-21
Blix, Trygve M.
B63B 3500
Patent
active
040304434
ABSTRACT:
Improvement in sports watercraft having a floatable hull, a propeller system including a rotatable propeller shaft and propeller for propelling the watercraft in water, a motor for driving the propeller, a throttle for controlling the speed of the motor and steering mechanism for rotating the propeller shaft to steer the watercraft in water, the improvement comprising a water ski disposed beneath and joined to the hull so that at low speeds the water craft floats in the water by means of the hull and at high speeds the hull is lifted entirely out of the water by means of the water ski, whereby at high speeds the watercraft rides on top of the water, the hull having a flat deck portion for supporting an occupant of the watercraft in a straddling position, a foot rest on both sides of the hull for supporting the feet of the occupant, the water ski joined to the hull by a rib structure which spaces the water ski from the bottom of the hull.
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patent: 3888204 (1975-06-01), Zubick, Jr.
Blix Trygve M.
Fisher William L.
Sotelo Jesus D.
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