Zodiac International

Alain Monlezun

Michel Franchetti

The boat is delimited around its perimeter by a float closed upon itself and comprising at least two superposed floating fender sections. The lower fender section is longer than the upper fender section and extends locally beyond the upper fender section towards the outside. The projecting region delimited by the lower fender section beyond the upper fender section is covered by a covering fixed to the projecting portion of the lower fender section and to that part of the upper fender section bordering this projecting region. Thus, the boat is provided with a projecting zone forming a low platform area onto which a person in the water can raise himself or herself in order to get into the boat more easily.

Boat with perimeter float, particularly a pneumatic life raft

Inflatable boat (1) with two inflatable tubular chambers (2) secured along the two sides of a hull, a rear board (4) being secured in watertight fashion, laterally, to the two tubular chambers (2) and, at the bottom, to the rear edge of the hull, the means of securing the rear board (4) to each tubular chamber (2) comprising a sole (5) with U-shaped section made of a semi-rigid synthetic material secured by its bottom (6) to the tubular chamber (2) in such a way that the arms (7) of the U project radially from the tubular chamber and are secured to the lateral edge of the board (4) fitted between them, each lateral edge of the board (4) has two grooves (8) cut in it, one on each of its two faces, these grooves running parallel to this lateral edge and being filled with a synthetic material (9) secured to the walls at the groove. The two arms (7) of the sole (5) are secured respectively to the material (9) with which the grooves (8) are filled.

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Donneville, France

Alain Monlezun