Ships – Displacement-type hull – Multiple hulls
Patent
1995-08-18
1997-08-19
Basinger, Sherman
Ships
Displacement-type hull
Multiple hulls
114 391, 114347, B63B 110
Patent
active
056577133
ABSTRACT:
A system for adapting an open-hulled canoe to multiple modes of operation by connecting it in parallel alignment with a second open-hulled boat using bow and stern connecting members, a rigid fore cross member which spans and is releasably affixed to the fore thwart of each boat, a rigid aft cross member which spans and is releasably affixed to the aft thwart of each boat, an aft mount releasably affixed to the aft inner gunwales of each boat and adapted to carry a tiller and rudder for sailing mode of operation and a power motor for motoring mode of operation, a keel member pivotably and releasably connected to depend amidships from one of the boats and a mast stop and mast for supporting a sail releasably connected to the fore and aft cross members.
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