Steerable towcraft with roostertail

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1997-08-22

1999-03-30

Basinger, Sherman

Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices

Water skimming or walking device

Inflatable

441 71, B63B 3573

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058881107

ABSTRACT:
Steerable towcraft having a buoyant body upon which a person can ride, a towline attached to body and adapted for connection to the pulling vessel, a fin on the under side of the body for guiding the body through water, and a steering line connected to the towline at a point spaced from the body. By pulling on the steering line, a person riding on the body can change the angle of the fin relative to the towline, and thereby control the direction in which the towcraft is moving. Water is taken in from beneath the body and sprayed in the form of a roostertail into the air behind the craft as it travels through the water. In some embodiments, a whistle or other noisemaker is actuated by the water forming the roostertail.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3020568 (1962-02-01), Tierney
patent: 3120011 (1964-02-01), Gunderson
patent: 3255472 (1966-06-01), Thorne
patent: 5383804 (1995-01-01), Mitch et al.

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