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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Yamaha Motor Corporation, Usa, Cypress, CA (US);
Inventor:
Scott Watkins, Canton, GA (US);
Assignee:
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, Cypress, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 11/117 (2006.01); B63B 3/38 (2006.01); B63H 25/38 (2006.01); B63H 11/00 (2006.01); B63B 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 3/38 (2013.01); B63H 11/00 (2013.01); B63H 25/38 (2013.01); B63B 2001/201 (2013.01);
Abstract
A jet boat including a hull including a keel extending in a fore and aft direction of the jet boat, at least one jet propulsion nozzle mounted to a rear of the hull, and an articulating keel attached at the rear of the hull, the articulating keel arranged to pivot about a pivot axis extending vertically or substantially vertically. A bottom surface of the articulating keel does not extend below a bottom surface of the keel when the articulating keel is parallel or substantially parallel to the fore and aft direction of the jet boat.