Ships inventions 09/06

20060207485 - Boat lift: The pontoon boat lift system comprises a plurality of lifts mounted to an underside of a deck of the pontoon boat. Each lift comprises a leg that pivotally mounted to the underside of the deck and is moveable between a raised position and a lowered position. A free end of...

20060207486 - Bumper system: Variations of a bumper systems are disclosed. A bumper system may have one or more rotatable members and/or non-rotatable members configured to protect a vessel or structure during docking maneuvers and mooring. The rotatable and non-rotatable members may be located at any one or more desired locations on the vessel...

20060207487 - Mooring apparatus with moveable ballast weight: A mooring apparatus for mooring first and second vessels, (1, 7) together in a heavy seaway ofFshore is described. The apparatus is for tandem mooring using soft yoke technology. The apparatus consists of a rigid arm (2) with a longitudinal axis and first and second ends. The arm is mountable...

20060207488 - Method and apparatus for handling mooring lines: Apparatus and methods of monitoring mooring lines of an offshore drilling rig, with the apparatus including a communication system in communication with a global positioning system, providing position coordinates of the apparatus at a first point on the line, and also includes an inertial navigation system supported by the frame,...

20060207489 - Florida anchor: An anchor system designed to quickly anchor and release a boat in shallow water with minimal effort and little to no distraction from other activities such as fishing, which has an anchor sleeve containing a sleeve liner through which an anchor pole with a pointed bottom end passes through, said...

20060207490 - 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....

20060207491 - Apparatuses and methods useful for centering watercraft: Apparatuses and methods useful for helping to center watercraft—such as personal watercraft, ski boats, fishing boats, luxury boats, and the like—as they are docked (such as on trailers or watercraft-lifting systems), especially in rough waters and/or strong crosswinds....

20060207492 - Accessories for boats and systems and methods for installation and removal of such accessories: Accessories for boats, and in particular folding inflatable boats, are described. The accessories may be installed and removed from the boats rapidly and easily, hence not impeding folding of the boats for transport or storage....

20060201408 - Boat with sponson: A small boat with a sponson for preventing splashing of spray onto the deck of the boat. The small boat is provided with a hull sponson at an outer periphery of the hull in order to fit the deck constituting an upper part of a boat body to the hull...

20060201409 - Method and apparatus for increasing sail efficiency: A method and apparatus for increasing sail efficiency is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a second sail, disposed in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane, wherein the second sail is disposed proximate a periphery of the first sail....

20060201410 - Marine vessel: A marine vessel includes a hull and has at least one load carrying facility defined by at least one loading space with a given height, a given width and a given length, whereby the loading space is provided on a bulkhead deck, and a propulsion arrangement, which includes at least...

20060201411 - Deck mounted device with gasket: A deck mounted for installation on the surface of a vessel deck having one or more bolt holes. The apparatus includes one or more base portions, each having a recess region defined by a perimeter wall bounding the perimeter of the base portion. The perimeter walls each have an underside...

20060196401 - Boat hoist: A boat hoist utilizing a lightweight frame for support of a moving platform, which traverses the frame lifting the watercraft above the surface of the water. Minimal force applied to a single hand wheel on a winch, and pulley system with a flexible cable, will provide the drive to lift...

20060196402 - Wheel-controlled sails: The present invention simplifies sailing providing control of one or more sails with a wheel. The proposed system eliminates the need to control boom-footed sails separately, giving benefits of less gear and rig for short handed sailing. The wheel controlling the sails provides visible and obvious correlation between sails control...

20060196403 - Stable, high-speed marine vessel: A marine vessel that possesses a capability for greater speed than most static-lift craft and is more stable than most dynamic-lift craft is disclosed. The vessel incorporates elements from both SWATH craft and WIG craft. In the illustrative embodiment, the marine vessel includes an upper hull that is disposed above...

20060196404 - Laminated boat hull and method of manufacturing same: A laminated boat hull and a method of manufacturing the hull are described wherein the hull includes an outer gel coat layer and a vinyl ester layer chemically bonded to the gel coat layer. The gel coat is preferably a polyester resin material and the vinyl ester layer preferably includes...

20060196401 - Boat hoist: A boat hoist utilizing a lightweight frame for support of a moving platform, which traverses the frame lifting the watercraft above the surface of the water. Minimal force applied to a single hand wheel on a winch, and pulley system with a flexible cable, will provide the drive to lift...

20060196402 - Wheel-controlled sails: The present invention simplifies sailing providing control of one or more sails with a wheel. The proposed system eliminates the need to control boom-footed sails separately, giving benefits of less gear and rig for short handed sailing. The wheel controlling the sails provides visible and obvious correlation between sails control...

20060196403 - Stable, high-speed marine vessel: A marine vessel that possesses a capability for greater speed than most static-lift craft and is more stable than most dynamic-lift craft is disclosed. The vessel incorporates elements from both SWATH craft and WIG craft. In the illustrative embodiment, the marine vessel includes an upper hull that is disposed above...

20060196404 - Laminated boat hull and method of manufacturing same: A laminated boat hull and a method of manufacturing the hull are described wherein the hull includes an outer gel coat layer and a vinyl ester layer chemically bonded to the gel coat layer. The gel coat is preferably a polyester resin material and the vinyl ester layer preferably includes...