Polaris Industries Inc.

Carnegie Mellon University

Gabriel A Marshall

Bradley Roy Fishburn

Blair A Donat

Andrew C Schmid

Michael J Fuchs

Herman Herman

Michael F Donoughe

Gabriel Goldman

Jeremy C Smith

Matthew Glisson

Karl Muecke

Suryansh Saxena

Nishant Pol

Krishna Pandravada

Katie C Kirchner

Prasanna Kannappan

Louis Hiener

A pontoon boat is provided that includes a deck and a plurality of pontoons running longitudinally beneath the deck and providing buoyancy to the pontoon boat. The plurality of pontoons include a multi-chine configuration that increases the stability of the pontoon boat and provides handling characteristics similar to that of a hulled boat. The plurality of pontoons may include two outer pontoons and a third pontoon positioned laterally intermediate the outer pontoons. The third pontoon may include a plurality of chines, and each of the outer pontoons may include at least one chine. At least a portion of each of the at least one chines of the outer pontoons may be positioned vertically below the plurality of chines of the third pontoon. The chines on the third pontoon may extend longitudinally further than each of the at least one chines of the outer pontoons.

Multiple chine pontoon boat

A pontoon boat including a thruster system is disclosed.

Thruster arrangement for a boat

An aquatic vessel, illustratively a pontoon boat including a thruster system is disclosed. The aquatic vessel executes a process to automatically position the aquatic vessel relative to a target location such as a mooring implement. Exemplary mooring implements include a dock, a slip, or a lift.

System and method for positioning an aquatic vessel

A pontoon boat including a thruster system is disclosed. The pontoon boat executes various operations relating to a speed and heading of the pontoon boat.

Growing community of inventors

Three Rivers, MI, United States of America

Gabriel A Marshall