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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1991
Noboru Kobayashi, Iwata, JP;
Toshiyuki Hattori, Iwata, JP;
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Abstract
A number of embodiments and accessories for a watercraft that is comprised of a main hull that defines a berthing area to receive a small self-propelled watercraft. The main watercraft hull has no propulsion device of its own and is adapted to be propelled by the propulsion device of the smaller watercraft. The controls of the smaller watercraft are accessible from the passenger compartment of the main hull so that the main hull need carry no controls of its own. Various arrangements for accommodating passengers, permitting attachment of an outboard motor to the main hull for its own propulsion and for improving the utility of the main hull are disclosed.