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7213530 Hatch or door system for securing and sealing openings in marine vessels  
A hatch or door system for closing an opening in a surrounding structure has a panel assembly having a metal frame enclosing a composite material panel. An operating mechanism is operative in a...
7213529 Emergency sail system  
An emergency sail system for disabled watercraft comprises a mast receptacle for interfacing with the watercraft structure and a multi-segmented main mast supported by the mast receptacle in a...
7213528 Bulkhead door for a vessel  
A bulkhead door for watertight closing of a bulkhead opening of a naval vessel, comprising a composite outer shell and inner shell, a chamber therebetween, and a channel along the door margin for...
7213527 Folding pontoon trailer for all-terrain vehicle  
A pontoon usable for supporting a load, the pontoon being towable on land and usable on water to support the load thereonto. The pontoon includes a hinge; a first platform attached to the hinge,...
7213526 Personal watercraft lift  
The personal watercraft lift attachable to a mooring piling 6 for raising and lowering a watercraft from the water is disclosed. The lift has a cradle 1 attached to a mast 2 secured between...
7210871 Swivelling fittings  
A swiveling fitting for multi-directional movement includes a housing having a bore therethrough to accommodate a button shaft. A ball housing receives at least a portion of the button shaft. The...
7210423 Thru-hull cap  
A thru-hull cap cover for a watercraft thru-hull and method therefor capable of covering and protecting the exposed exterior end of a thru-hull from the elements, thus reducing the need to replace...
7210422 Fin stabilizer to reduce roll for boats in turns method and apparatus  
The invention relates to a fin stabilization system adapted to minimize roll about the longitudinal axis of the boat during sharp cornering at very high speeds. In one form, equipment such as a...
7210421 Latch system for a watertight bulkhead door  
A latch system for a watertight bulkhead door for closing a bulkhead opening. A plurality of surrounding shield elements are translated by an articulated mechanism into and out of locking...
7210420 Floating drive on boat docking apparatus  
An improved floating boat lift incorporates a passive hydraulic pivoting lift mechanism, onto which a boat can be driven and positioned ready for storage using only the motive power of the boat...
7209288 Snorkel device for a submarine  
An optical observation device is connected to an extendable and retractable snorkel tube for above-water observation during the snorkel travel (travel at periscope depth) of the submarine. The...
7207856 Engine control device  
An engine control device can include a throttle valve for adjusting an amount of air supplied to an engine, operation amount detecting sensors for detecting an operation amount of a throttle lever,...
7207288 Fixing assemblies and methods  
Disclosed is an assembly for assisting in the attachment of an appliance such as a winch to a surface (e.g. deck) of a watercraft such as a sailing boat. Fixing screws are retained in apertures in...
7207287 Boat control device  
A drift bag that includes one or more narrowing members to reshape a mouth of the drift bag in the vertical direction to reduce a draft of the drift bag.
7207286 Tri-point hydro sled  
A marine vessel that planes over the water in a straight ahead mode and has a V-shaped bow configuration, two lateral rails, a water jet intake aft of the bow, and a water jet discharge through the...
7207285 Variable hybrid catamaran air cushion ship  
A vessel ( 10 ) designed to operate efficiently as both a catamaran and air cushion vessel can travel at low speed (e.g. Froude number (Fn)=0–0.3) in a catamaran or displacement mode and at high...
7207284 Tank installation for the storage of liquids  
A tank installation for the storage of liquids, especially oil in a floating storage or production installation, including a number of tanks which are connected to pipe systems for supply of liquid...
7207283 Marine craft  
Marine craft has a crushable frontal impact protection structure, comprising transverse bulkhead protecting passenger area; longitudinal crushable tubes; and transverse member. Webs and strengthen...
7207282 Propeller driven surfing device  
A propeller driven surfing device includes an elongated body defining an accommodation chamber for receiving a drive motor and a power supply therein. A propeller is driven by the drive motor, and...
7207253 Parachute line cutting device  
The present invention is to improve the mechanical characteristics of a pyrotechnical parachute line cutting device. By enforcing the mechanical traction on the electrical connection wire by Kevlar...
7204198 Methods and apparatus to reduce formation of streaks on a wall  
Methods and apparatus to reduce formation of streaks from fluid running down a side surface of boat hull are disclosed. A disclosed method includes adhering a first portion of a flexible strip to...
7204197 Mast wake reduction by shaping  
A mast for use on a submarine is disclosed. The shape of the mast includes a sharp leading edge. The leading edge widens to an angle greater than the maximum angle of angle of attack that the mast...
7204196 Powered boat hull  
A hydrofoil craft, particularly a method of economically modifying a conventional hull with cambered foils to obtain and calculate increased lift from dense spray and to achieve enhanced craft...
7204195 Ship with liquid tank  
Disclosed is a liquid container adapted to store liquefied natural gas (LNG). The LNG storage container include a sealing wall directly contacting liquid contained in the tank and a structural...
7201624 Mooring system  
A mooring system ( 10 ) is described for mooring a vessel to a floor portion of a body of water. The system ( 10 ) comprises a substantially rigid, elongate support member ( 12 ) having a...
7201621 Portable bow thruster for small boats  
A portable bow thruster for use on the bow of a boat in a body of water having a water line. The bow thruster includes a blower assembly for producing an air flow to provide thrust, an exhaust air...
7201365 Apparatus and a method for use in handling a load  
Apparatus for use in handling a load where a load-bearing rope and a service cable are inter-wound as they are being paid out, having a wrapping device for wrapping a securing member around the...
7201112 Filled shell devices and methods of manufacturing  
A method of manufacturing an apparatus, such as a board, is provided where a shell is formed in a forming mold cavity and the shell is substantially filled with a core in a filling mold cavity that...
7201111 Boat hulls with planing sections  
Boat hulls or assemblies have sequences of groups of downward-facing sections such as planing sections. A sequence includes a lowermost group and supplemental groups above it. Each group could, for...
7201110 Portable fan removably and adjustably mountable in a hatch  
A portable hatch-mounted fan that is removably mounted to an existing hatch of a boat or a recreational vehicle by a pair of fast action spring-type vertically adjustable clamps, which adjust to...
7200973 Wire reinforced thermoplastic coating  
A structural reinforcing layer made from wire, a structural reinforcing composite layer made from wire, and the resulting load bearing structures made from or retrofitted with wire reinforced...
7198532 Fin attachment system  
A fin box for releasable attachment of a fin to the body of a surfboard or the like; said fin including a fin-tab associated therewith; said fin box adapted for insertion into and retention within...
7198529 Recreational watercraft with hydrofoil  
A recreational watercraft device consisting of a light hull in the shape of a sail board hull and on the bottom a strut hydrofoil assembly. The hydrofoil has a bilateral symmetric plan-form with a...
7198001 Underwater inspection measurement survey  
A platform assembly of circular plates are yieldably held positioned by a support mounted on an underwater vehicle propelled under remote control within seawater to a location below an underwater...
7198000 Shock limited hydrofoil system  
A hydrofoil craft includes a hull having a longitudinal axis, a pylon secured to and extending beneath the hull and a lifting foil secured to the pylon. The lifting foil has an upper surface and a...
7197999 Spar disconnect system  
A spar-type offshore platform includes a buoyant upper hull structure supporting a deck and having lower end in which is received a buoyant lower mooring module. The upper hull structure is...
7197998 Apparatus for supporting and pulling a tow rope  
Tow rope rewinder apparatus includes a spool driven by an electric motor. The motor becomes deenergized after tension of the tow rope reaches a predetermined magnitude.
7197997 End portions for flexible fluid containment vessel and a method of making the same  
The instant invention is directed to large waterborne, towed flexible fluid containment vessels for the transportation of cargo comprising a fluid or fluidisable material and a method of...
7197996 Seat board for board kiting  
The present invention discloses a seat board for board kiting that is made of a substantially high durability of material, having a seating recess thereon, thereby permitting a rider to enjoy the...
7197845 T-top outrigger holder apparatus  
An outrigger holder for mounting on the top of a T-Top configured boat, has a bearing mechanism mounted above the T-Top designed to relieve most of the weight of the outrigger when turning the...
7194976 Boat cover  
A boat cover system for covering a boat. The boat cover system is attached to an existing structure and includes a track assembly, a roller assembly, and a cover. The track assembly includes at...
7194975 Unmanned underwater vehicle health monitoring system and method  
A health monitoring system for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) is disposed within a submerged docking station. The health monitoring system receive signals representative of performance of the...
7194974 Steering device of personal watercraft  
A steering device of a personal watercraft is disclosed. The steering device typically includes a lower steering column that is mounted to a body of the watercraft and is configured to be rotatable...
7194973 Air cushioned rotatable platform  
A fluid cushioned platform adapted to float on a body of liquid. The platform includes a deck having upper and lower surfaces and a lower peripheral member extending around the outer perimeter of...
7194972 Variable-draft vessel  
A vessel that varies its draft by adopting any one of three primary hull forms or configurations is disclosed. The primary hull forms include: a catamaran configuration, a barge configuration, and...
7194971 Lift arrangement for boats  
A lifting arrangement for lifting boats 2 off the water and for putting boats 2 onto the water is provided, which comprises a crane 8, 9, 27 and pallets or cassettes 16 to be arranged under...
7192323 Stabilizer device  
A low profile stabiliser device for attaching to the under surface of a watercraft, typically a surfboard or a boat, including in combination a plurality of stubby keel members joined by one or...
7191728 Attachment system for watercraft accessories  
A kit for connecting a watercraft accessory to a watercraft, comprising: a rail portion. Two connectors each are adapted to be secured to the watercraft. The connectors each have a rail connector...
7191727 System for positioning and retaining removable tubular elements to be fastened to a boat hull  
A positioning and retaining system for removable tubular elements to be fastened to the hull of a boat includes at least one guide that can be coupled to at least one of the removable tubular...
7191726 Boat pad and boat pad assembly  
A boat pad may include a planar member composed of an elastomeric, rubber or like material. The planar member may include a plurality of spaced-apart raised features formed on a surface thereof and...