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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Mastercraft Boat Company, Llc, Vonore, TN (US);
Michael D. Myers, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael J. Uggeri, Knoxville, TN (US);
David F. Ekern, Knoxville, TN (US);
Matthew J. Huyge, Wyoming, MI (US);
MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC, Vonore, TN (US);
Abstract
A boat includes a planing hull, a propeller, a main rudder, and a pair of flanking rudders. The planing hull has port and starboard sides, a transom, a hull bottom, and a centerline running down the middle of the boat, halfway between the port and starboard sides. The propeller is positioned forward of the transom and beneath the hull bottom. The main rudder is positioned aft of the propeller. The main rudder has a rotation axis about which the main rudder rotates. The flanking rudders are positioned forward of the propeller. One of the flanking rudders is positioned on the port side of the centerline, and the other flanking rudder is positioned on the starboard side of the centerline.