Zodiac Milpro International

Lionel Boudeau

Marc Cassanas

Marc Lavorata

Erwann Ravary

Erle Dumontier

Erlé Dumontier

Disclosed is a vessel with two watertight flaps attached in a tensioned state on the two sides of the longitudinal keel, each being under one of the two rear side portions of the V-shaped hull, the outer side edge of each flap being connected under the shell covering the bottom compartment on the same side, and the bottom side edge being connected to the bottom along a line which is angled from the rear to the front and angled toward the lower compartment, with a flap width tapering from the tensioned, free rear edge between the ends at the transom, toward a front portion connected to the bottom and/or to the shell at the connection between the upper and lower compartments, defining, with the latter and the bottom, a channel converging from front to rear and angled toward the rear end of the edge of the V-shaped craft hull.

Inflatable craft having V-shaped hull and flaps

A craft includes a rigid hull () that consists of a V-shaped bottom () and a bridge () on which a load can rest. The hull includes plating consisting of compartmentalized pneumatic floats (), the rear compartments () of which are combined with an inflation and deflation system so as to vary the buoyancy of the craft. The craft also includes a submergible hull (), the central cavity () of which is formed between the bottom () and the bridge () and is open at the rear so as to be automatically filled or emptied, the central cavity () containing at least one bag () that is combined with an inflation and deflation system enabling the buoyancy to be varied and consequently the level of immersion of the stern () to be changed as needed.

Semi-rigid craft, the buoyancy of which is adjustable

A semi-rigid boat, includes a rigid hull () provided, at the bridge thereof (), with two types of holders for the inflatable tube(s): a gutter-shaped holder for receiving, at the bow and/or at the stern, a section () of tube () having a circular cross-section; and a planking wall-shaped holder () that extends between the bow and the stern, which is provided so as to engage with an inflatable section-shaped structure () having a D-shaped cross-section that extends longitudinally between the sections (). The section () of inflatable tube having a D-shaped cross-section is attached to the bottom portion and to the top portion of the planking wall ().

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