Steering mechanism for a boat having a planing hull

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9611009
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15184340

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A boat includes a planing hull, a propeller, a main rudder, and a pair of flanking rudders. The planing hull has port and starboard sides, a transom, a hull bottom, and a centerline running down the middle of the boat, halfway between the port and starboard sides. The propeller is positioned forward of the transom and beneath the hull bottom. The main rudder is positioned aft of the propeller. The main rudder has a rotation axis about which the main rudder rotates. The flanking rudders are positioned forward of the propeller. One of the flanking rudders is positioned on the port side of the centerline, and the other flanking rudder is positioned on the starboard side of the centerline.

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MASTERCRAFT BOAT COMPANY LLC100 CHEROKEE COVE DRIVE VONORE TN 37885

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ekern, David F Knoxville, US 57 688
Huyge, Matthew J Wyoming, US 31 362
Myers, Michael D Knoxville, US 46 438
Uggeri, Michael J Knoxville, US 15 27

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