Deck or gunwale attachment

A boat stanchion is formed of a single, continuous strand of fiberglass and thermosetting resin. The fiberglass strand is wound into a loop having a multiplicity of turns and the loop is then flattened to form a substantially straight bundle of overlapping strand sections. The strand bundle is placed...     

The present invention relates to a boat shade comprising a cover and a frame for it formed of three inverted U-shaped components. Two of these inverted U-shaped components, carrying the cover, are arranged so as to flank the third inverted U-shaped component, to which they are hinged, and which is vertically...     

A storage compartment having a geometry permitting acceptance of the compartment within a canoe, having an opening for introduction and removal of articles into and from the compartment, having a door, moveable relative to said opening between closed and open positions, having door fastner means for...     

Each of a pair of clip members comprises a plate-type member of rectangular configuration having a rectangular corner cutout forming a pair of perpendicular edges. Each clip member has a channel formed therein and extending perpendicularly to one of the edges and linearly with the other of the edges...     

An improved boat windshield mounting device which greatly reduces the time required to mount and install a windshield on a boat, skiff or the like in which the windshield sill frame members, both front and wing, are interlocked to a mounting strip which is fastened by screws to the deck of the vessel....     

A rotatable platform is provided to support the chair of a bass fishing boat. The platform has the chair rotatably mounted at one end and includes a boat rest for positioning the feet of the fisherman at the other. The feet positioning end preferably includes a wedge-shaped footrest for one foot of the...     

A marine tank mount for vessels characterized by a proximately horizontal rack mounted on a deck or other member of the vessel and provided with an opening. A tank is mounted on the rack, with the annular bottom flange of the tank extending downwards through the opening. A pair of diametrically opposed...     

A flat table is releasably mounted on a central depending leg at such an angle that the table is horizontal when the leg is placed in a slanted fishing rod socket on a boat, such sockets being normally provided for holding unattended fishing rods while trolling. A notch in the lower end of the leg engages...     

A pair of telescoped inner and outer tubes together provide a post-like handle that is mounted on the gunwale of a boat. The outer tube is fixed to the top of the gunwale and projects down through a hole in the gunwale, and the inner tube which forms the actual handle slides in the outer tube between...     

A cover of flexible sheet material and a flexible resilient rib adapted to extend in arched configuration over a boat from adjacent one gunwale of the boat to the other for supporting the cover arched over the boat. The rib is secured to the cover with the cover extending down beyond the ends of the...     

A removable deck platform is attached to the stern transom of a boat for extending the effective deck space of the boat rearwardly. Hinges are used to removably attach the deck platform to the transom. Triangular support braces attached to the bottom of the deck platform extend downwardly from the platform...     

A removable attachment for small boats having generally flat gunwales for clamping oarlock sockets to the boat, at a convenient height. Threaded tensioning members serve to hold hooked ends of the attachment securely engaged with inner and outer edges of the gunwale.

The invention relates to a brace which is mountable in or on, or is formed integral with, a craft such as a canoe, kayak, surf-ski or skiff so that it can in use contact and receive thrust from the thigh of a user of the craft so that the user can propel the craft more easily and can prevent himself...     

A portable landing ramp for boats which can be positioned manually has a walking plank having a first end secured to the boat by chains which support that end beneath the boat deck and thus reduce the angle of plank inclination, while a second plank end has foldable legs which are unfolded to extend...     

A safety device for sailing yachts with substantially flat and/or construction-free deck and with articulation points for the shrouds, which articulation points are located spaced from the ship's side. At both sides of the mast, respectively, one safety railing each is arranged. The safety railing extends...     

A boat-mountable fish-cleaning tray with sides and a drainage opening, during use the drainage opening being suspended away from the boat and over the water. A cutting board is attached to the tray. The tray is releasably mounted on legs which in turn are releasably mounted on a boat's afterdeck, gunwale,...     

A boats hardware system--especially, although not exclusively designed for pleasure boating--involves massive clamping parts fashioned from a plastic, which is light enough to float. The parts are shaped and proportioned to fit over and be clamped to a rail of a boat. Clamping is preferably accomplished...     

A knock-down pulpit for a boat comprising a first brace connectable to the front deck of a boat, a body support platform, a frame for holding the body support platform which is connected to the first brace, a railing connected to the frame, a second brace connected to the bow of the boat and a support...     

The invention relates to a detachable tow bar assembly for use in towing a small boat from campsite to water and return, and involves a pair of bow engageable elements, each adapted to straddle the foremost edge of the bow of such boat, such bow engageable elements being supported in spaced relationship...     

A portable mooring whip unit for mounting and transporting a mooring whip comprising a housing including a face plate having at least one aperature centrally located within the face plate. The unit includes a tubular member for each centrally located aperature having a first end connected to the aperature...     

An oarlock horn member is supported, at an appropriate tilt, above a base plate from a winch such as is commonly used on each side of the cockpit of a sailboat. The underside of the base plate has a locking type plug of the kind used to engage and lock in a winch handle for cranking the winch. When the...     

An anchor hoist comprises a main body member having two side walls. The main body member is pivotally mounted to a pivot-forming boat fixture and has an inner and an outer rotatable sheave for receiving an anchor line or chain. The center-to-center distance between the rotary axes of the sheaves is greater...     

A motor securing device for watercraft such as inflatable boats and rafts and the like including generally downwardly open securing portion which may be defined by a pair of parallel walls and a connecting wall. A motor attachment portion projects generally upwardly from a rear portion of the securing...     

A portable seat for suspension between spaced supports is provided comprising a flexible seating member having rigid side edge members and rigid suspension members spaced outwardly from and generally parallel thereto, the suspension members and the rigid side edge members having securing means adjacent...     

An outrigger device attachable to a flying bridge or a tower leg, comprising a hollow tubular member which is connected to the flying bridge or tower support member. The hollow tubular member has its proximal end connected to a system of brackets which allows pivotal movement of the tubular member about...     

This invention is an improved dinghy for tending yachts and for similar purposes. The use and operation of dinghies usually entails various problems. In the prior art the managing of the loading of passengers and of gear, and at the same time maintaining a good rowing trim, has had numerous problems....     

A chock for use on boats and the like to secure gear to the vessel is made in two halves with identical base plates. The side plates of each half are integral with the base plates, and each half or unit has an upper base plate at one end and a lower base plate at the other end. The upper end of the base...     

This invention is a removable and buoyant sail cradle for use on small sailboats having detachable masts and booms such as the commercially available AMF All-Court Sunfish such that the sail cradle has a stem having a hollow first end which inserts within the mast hole of a sailboat after the mast has...     

An oar rest for row boats includes a generally U-shaped clamp having spaced apart mounting arms which are joined at one end by an elongated bar section. One of the arms adjacent its distal end has a clamping jaw portion which faces the other arm. A clamping screw is threaded into the other arm and carries...     

A low-profile fishing boat having a forward cabin in the bow covered by a foredeck whose level is about the same as the hull sheer line, the foredeck terminating at the bulkhead of the cabin. A bow rail is secured to the boundary of the foredeck and a center control console is mounted on the foredeck...     

A mount for securing Danforth-type anchors to horizontally extending railings includes a generally L-shaped bracket. A pair of retaining loops may be mounted to hold one arm of the bracket on either the top or the bottom of the railing to provide limited vertical adjustability in height for the anchor...     

An adjustable diving platform for mounting on a boat which, despite the boat's freeboard or the contour of its hull, provides a stable horizontal diving platform at the waterline. The platform consists of a series of wooden slats on a rectangular frame. The platform is hingedly connected to the bottom...     

Adjustable clamp-on canoe pontoon with outrigger arms, adjustable in height for various depth canoes, having a two-piece clamping device for mounting to the top surface of the "T"-shaped gunwales of various canoes.

A holder for mounting gasoline or kerosene lanterns on canoes which comprises a trapezoid-shaped retentive base designed to slip over and be retained in a horizontal plane in the tapered end of the canoe and having a compressible cylindrical receptacle sized to fit said lantern base and attached fixedly...     

A portable, lightweight outrigger for canoes and the like includes adjustable clamps for varying the disposition or reach of oarlock pivots with respect to the centerline of the canoe, self energizing clamps for resisting rowing torque and stabilizing the outrigger under operating conditions and reversible...     

The invention relates to a fender holder, which in order to reduce manufacturing costs and necessary space for storage and transportation, is possible to produce in one or some few standard types. This is possible thereby that the present fender holder is made adjustable into different angle positions...     

A utility container for holding personal articles aboard a small catamaran sailboat, with separate internal compartments including an icebox compartment containing an icebox liner. The container is shaped to fit in a location near the front of the passenger-carrying area of the catamaran, occupying space...     

An anchor handling boom assembly having an elongated boom and a shank guide member. The shank guide member can be channel-locked along the boom or it can be released to rotate to such a position as to enable the shank of the anchor to easily pass over in retrieval or release. Release of the shank guide...     

A pleasure boat has a conventional open cockpit with seats along its opposite sides. The floor of the cockpit has a socket therein for supporting an elevated pedestal seat. The seats are swingable upwardly toward each other to form an elevated platform for the pedestal seat.

An improved trampoline and a utility container for holding personal articles aboard a small catamaran sailboat, with separate internal compartments including an insulated icebox compartment. The container is shaped to fit in a location near the front of the passenger-carrying area of the catamaran, occupying...     

A ski rack for supporting water skis in a position outboard one side of a water ski tow boat. A pair of support members are held in sockets which can be clamped to portions of the hull of the boat on the inboard side of the gunwale. Arms which are part of the support members extend at a downward slope...     

A water ski tow assembly comprising a capped pylon and a mounting base plate wherein the base plate is mounted to the inside of the boat floor. Additionally, the pylon can be of a two-piece construction wherein a fishing seat can be attached to the base of the two-piece pylon.

A carrying case for canoe that will hold supplies under watertight conditions, will not be dislodged from the canoe should it be overturned or subject to other violent exterior conditions, and will aid in flotation in subsequent righting, should the canoe be overturned. The case is configured to straddle...     

A device to hold a canoe paddle in vertical position at either end of a canoe and having its blade submerged to serve as a keel to stabilize the otherwise tipsy craft and to greatly facilitate maneuverability by maintaining direction specially under windy conditions. The holder includes a bridge-like...     

Detachable single and multiple keels for small boats are taught which are held in place by brackets and straps, the straps being secured to the boat above the waterline.

The present system discloses an improved self-aligning quick release coupling system capable of releasably joining any two or more of a great variety of male/female mating items to be joined at the option of the user. This improved system includes a lock and key system that provides capability for the...     

This disclosure relates to apparatus and method for placing an identifying marking on a hull of a small boat. The boat includes a first part of the hull, and an opening is formed in the first part. A marking plate having a face side and a back side is made of a material which may be imprinted by deformation...     

To prevent crossflow of wind and increase aerodynamic efficiency of a boom-footed sail, a stationary structure which forms a compliant sliding seal with the boom, in particular a vertical baffle structure, is mounted along the centerline of a sailboat under the boom. The top portion of the baffle is...     

A device for clamping a boat to a post or tree in the water to stabilize the boat against tipping. A clamp which is secured to the boat mounts a hinged shoe which can be brought to bear against the side of the tree. A chain or strap is passed from the shoe around the tree and is tightened down with an...     

An improved trolling motor mount is the subject of this invention. The motor mount comprises a slotted plate (4), threaded cylinders (13) and shafts (9). The trolling motor (3) is mounted on the slotted plate (4), which is fastened by shafts (9) to the threaded cylinders (13). Threaded cylinders (13)...     

An adapter alarm for boats for theft prevention. A multiple number of spaced brackets attached to the gunnels of the boat, and an automotive alarm plunger switch actuator is secured in each bracket and wired to a key operated alarm unit that is battery operated. Engaged with each plunger switch actuator...     

A deck structure adapted for a watercraft in which the rider rides on the rear deck to steer gripping the handles. Side fences with a riding floor formed between them are disposed so as to be adjustable in the transverse directional position of the hull. Further, with another arrangement, the side fences...     

A kayak 10 having at least one hull section 16, 18 whose volume may be adjusted to enable said hull section to be submerged by a boater for water acrobatics comprises spaced longitudinal frames 22, 24 connected to the hull section. The spacing between the frames may be varied to proscribe the configuration...     

A resilient support is provided for maintaining a pivotally mounted yacht fitting in an upright position. The support is in the form of a conical section made from a resilient polymeric material.

This invention relates to a marine power cord stowage device and more particularly to a device 10 comprising a flexible front panel 12 and a flexible back panel 14 which are joined at all but one substantilly straight edge to form opening 18, a cover 32 which is engagable to close opening 18 so that...     

A boat stabilizing system for use with a boat having vertically-oriented tubular sockets adjacent the gunwales thereof. Vertically-oriented upright members in contact with the bottom extend upwardly through the water adjacent the tubular sockets. A clamping member is associated with each upright member...     

A utility saddlebag which has a top (20), sides (26), and ends (30) and (32), of woven fabric attached together by seams of thread configured to cover the engine compartment enclosure of a jet-propelled watercraft. The saddlebag is held in place by the use of an elastic member (36) sewn into a bead on...     

An improved platform bracket utilizes a two-piece construction that provides secure attachment of a swim board to a boat transom, while permitting quick and easy removal of the swim board from the boat when desired. One piece of the platform bracket is a wall portion that bolts directly to the boat transom...     

An auxiliary seat for small fishing boats which includes a frame that is extendable so as to be adjustable engageable with the gunnels of the boat and from which a seat assembly is supported so as to be selectively horizontally and vertically adjustable relative to the hull of the boat.

Apparatus removably mountable between the gunwales of a canoe and supporting a pad containing frame assembly therebetween. The frame assembly serving as an extra seat in a first position and as a carrying yoke in a second inverted position. In its various embodiments, the frame assembly mounts to the...     

To prevent crossflow of wind and increase aerodynamic efficiency of boom-footed sail, a stationary sealing vertical baffle structure is mounted along the centerline of a sailboat under the boom. The top portion of the baffle is made of a compliant sealing material, e.g., closed cell polyurethane foam,...     

A rig for removably mounting a plurality of fishing rods on the deck of a fishing boat centrally of the aft end thereof, such rig comprising a plurality of rod holders mounted on the outboard end of an upright shaft that is received in a mounting bracket on the deck, each rod holder receiving the butt...     

A bumper storage system is useful for selectively stowing the bumpers that are commonly used to protect boats against damage from a dock or the like and for automatically setting the bumpers in their operative protective positions. The bumper storage system comprises a receptacle on the boat that loosely...     

A knockdown fishing and/or leisure boat comprises two identical floats on which rests a deck. Each of the floats is provided, in its superior median axis, with a plurality of threaded bolts evenly spaced to assure dismountable attachment of a same quantity of identical deck planks connecting the two...     

A stern light assembly adapted for mounting on boats and the like including an extendible support structure, the support structure including a plurality of tubular members telescopically positioned one within another, each of the tubular members being telescopically slidably engaged with at least one...     

A canoe stabilizing and guiding mechanism which includes a bracket to which is mounted a vertically depending canoe paddle, the bracket being mounted on a tube for pivoting therewith, the tube extending transversely of a canoe and dimensioned to place the bracket and canoe paddle outboard of the canoe,...     

A water drip guard installed on the outer side area of a boat hull to intercept water that would otherwise drain onto the hull side surface so as to form unsightly stains. A molding strip extending along the hull clamps the water drip guard to the hull surface.

A lightweight plastic or metal lockable water ski rack is provided for use in pairs designed to be either removably or permanently attached to a boat. The water ski rack is a two-piece flattened substantially rectangular structure with slots for two water skis and a tow rope. A lower framed panel as...     

A generally Z-shaped tubular member is provided including a pair of laterally and longitudinally offset parallel legs interconnected by an angulated arm extending between and interconnecting adjacent ends of the legs. One of the legs is downwardly telescopically receivable in an upwardly opening and...     

A collapsible privacy chamber preferably for use aboard a boat or other watercraft is provided. The privacy chamber includes an openable enclosure having an openable top, a sectional support member, mechanism for anchoring the sectional support member inside of the openable enclosure, an upper suppport...     

A return bent clip of substantially rigid but resilient material has a flat back with apertures and a projecting tongue for adjustably securing the suspension cord of a boat fender. The front and back portions of the clip define a first recess sized and shaped to grip rigid tubular railings of a wide...     

A chock for a small boat carried by a larger boat, to be used in the plural to carry the smaller boat on e.g., a deck and comprising a base for temporary attachment to the deck, a front short upright wall, a rear longer like wall spaced from the front wall, and a concave convex strength member between...     

A boat slide channel assembly for use in the installation of marine canvas products has a slide channel member of a one-piece PVC extrusion having a mounting base and upwardly projecting sidewalls which form a groove track located substantially directly over the mounting base. The slide channel member...     

A ski rack is described for releasably attachment to a boat for receiving and supporting skis and the like along the gunwale and outboard of the boat hull. The rack includes a pair of frames mountable to the boat along the gunwale by a clamp device at top ends of the frame. Suction cups are provided...     

A cooler assembly for particular use in combination with catamarans is set forth comprising a support base defined as a container formed with planar sides and a planar floor overlying an arcuate bottom surface of a complementary configuration to a convex arcuate upper surface of a pontoon of an associated...     

A device for mounting a downrigger to a sidewall portion of a boat includes a base having a generally flat planar surface for receiving and supporting the downrigger and a clamping arrangement including a pair of spaced apart C-clamps joined by a transverse tightening member which C-clamps are removably...     

A protective boat hull device is disclosed to prevent damage to a boat hull during beaching. An elongated flexible and waterproof sheet is provided having a length substantially greater than the width thereof, and capable of being wound into a roll along the elongated length thereof for storage purposes....     

A dinghy spar and equipment carrier (10) which is provided with an enclosure (12) for carrying various paraphernalia related to the operation of a dinghy. Yokes (26) are mounted proximate the upper portion of the enclosure (12) and receive spars/oars therein. The yokes (26) are designed for carrying...     

A live well for fish, bait well and ice chest attachment for a boat has an elongated container having a bait container formed therein and having a separate insulated ice chest formed therein. The elongated container has a cross-section of the approximate cross-section of a fishing boat and has a plurality...     

A supporting arch system is described which can be detachably mounted on a marine craft. The arch is useful for supporting various equipment, such as antennas for radar and radio system. The arch is detachably fastened to mounting plates fastened to the gunwales of the craft. A horizontal cross-member...     

Disclosed is a striking rod holder for mounting to a boat, fishing chair or rocket launcher. The striking rod holder includes a first plate, a rod holding tube attached to the first plate, and a second plate for attaching to a surface, where the first plate pivotally attaches to the second plate. A cushion...     

An apparatus wherein a buoyant float body includes a top and bottom plate mounted to the relative top and bottom walls of the float body, wherein the top plate includes a battery support positioned adjacent a mounting bracket and an associated electric drive motor, and further including a support arrangement...     

An apparatus is utilized in combination with an engine of an associated water craft to include a rear and forward rack member mounted to respective rear and forward end walls of the engine. The rack members include support legs directed downwardly therefrom, wherein the rear member includes a plural...     

A boat boarding ladder telescopically mounts to fishing rod holders fixedly secured within gunnels on either side of a boat. The ladder is of an inverted J-shaped configuration and is comprised of an ascending connector portion, a transverse bridging portion and a descending ladder portion. The ladder...     

A transportation device for the reception and transporting of persons and/or items over hard and soft surfaces including water. The transportation device includes a hull member having a bottom portion and upwardly extending side, forward and rear portions. At least the side portions, and in the preferred...     

A flexible security loop (A) for a flexible kayak hull (12) is disclosed which includes a flexible vinyl covered strand (16) having enlarged ends (34, 36) which fit through an enlarged center opening (32) of a bracket slot (30) to interlock at slot ends (26, 28), and attach the strand to the hull in...     

A buoyant boat with a girder box is provided. The girder box maintains the deck part and hull part of the boat in predetermined spaced apart relation and allows the transmission of forces and stresses along the length of the boat. The girder box further enables an outboard engine or an inboard engine...     

A boat including a main hull, a first pontoon hingedly connected to the main hull, and a second pontoon hingedly connected to the main hull on an opposite side of the main hull from the first pontoon. The first and second pontoons have wheels extending outwardly beyond a surface of the first and second...     

First and second cargo racks are mounted on opposed sides of the cockpit entry opening on a kayak deck to mount cargo relative to the kayak structure when limited cargo space is available within the kayak. The first and second racks include pairs of rail members mounted to supporting posts to fixedly...     

An outboard motor mounting system for mounting a motor on an outboard boat with a cutout transom. A transom sealing device is provided to seal the cutout of the outboard boat transom. The sealing device may include a mounting flange which is engagable with a horizontal motor well transom lip of the outboard...     

A vessel includes an interlocking gunwale system permitting a plurality of like vessels to be disposed in interlocking combination with one another for providing an enlarged work platform. The vessels are configured to permit side-to-side, stern-to-side, bow-to-side, bow-to-bow, bow-to-stern and stern-to-stern...     

A one piece-torpedo shaped cleat cover having a body with a flat bottom, a central cavity and two end cavities to receive the base of a cleat and lateral arm cavities for receiving the ends of a cleat. The cover can be hooked over one arm of a cleat and the cover can then be stretched to hang over the...     

The invention is a kayak cockpit cover which is complementary to a channel formed in the kayak deck at the cockpit perimeter. The cover has a conventional closure around the kayak paddler's waist and a planar covering section spanning the cockpit opening. An edge assembly at the outer margin of the covering...     

An apparatus is described which comprises a rigid element having a length greater than a distance separating gunwales of a boat and a pair of notched elements disposed to either end of the rigid element. The notched elements are adapted to releasably engage the gunwales. The pair of notched elements...     

A utility bag for use with a personal utility vehicle. The utility bag is formed of a pair of compartments which are used to hold the personal effects of the user. The two compartments are connected by a center portion which is adapted to fit over the personal utility vehicle.

The present invention involves an ergonomic stern seat for a utility boat. The seat extends rearwardly at an oblique angle from the sides of the boat towards the center to form a generally V-shaped seat. The point of intersection of the V-shaped seat is the part of the seat closest to the stern wall....     

A rail fitting for marine application comprises first and second rail fitting parts designed to slide together on opposite sides of a rail and thereby interlock. Each rail fitting part is provided with an arcuate concavity designed to fit around a rail, a first end on one side of the concavity designed...     

A hanger for suspending a boat fender alongside the hull of a boat to prevent damage from collision with another boat, a dock or other object near which the protected boat is to be tied or berthed. The boat fender hanger is hung from a suspension cable on the protected boat, such as a guard rail or lifeline,...     

During the portaging of a canoe by a single canoeist, discomfort may be caused to the shoulders and neck of the canoeist. The discomfort is due both to the pressure exerted by the portaging thwart on the shoulders and neck of the canoeist and to the rotation of the canoe and hence the portaging thwart...     

A multi-purpose bracket which clamps across both gunwales of a canoe and presents a standardized pad at each side of the hull to align precisely and mount rigidly a variety of accessories. These accessories include multi-hull catamaran coupling bars, portaging wheels, and any other equipment requiring...