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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Vespoli, Guilford, CT (US);
Bruce D Nelson, San Diego, CA (US);
Carl Scragg, Cardiff By The Sea, CA (US);
Paul Fuchs, Greenwich, CT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114 56 ; 114347 ;
Abstract
An eight-man rowing shell comprises an elongated hull made of a laminate of a fiber composite skin and having a pointed bow and stern and a hull surface tapering smoothly to a maximum beam and draft therebetween, the hull surface having a waterline length of at least 56.0 feet, a hull entry angle between about 3.8 and 4.3 degrees, a hull exit angle between about 5.0 and 5.5 degrees, a maximum draft below the waterline of between about 0.595 and 0.610 feet, inclusive, and a maximum beam of between about 1.82 and 1.85 feet, inclusive, when the shell is normally loaded.