Abstract: A performance aluminum vee boat hull with a concave bow section, elongated, parallel strakes, a central keel and a triangular shaped, substantially flat pad adjacent the transom and between the innermost strakes that increases the top speed of the boat and adapts the same to easily handle 150-200 horsepower engines.

Abstract: A boat including a hull with a cockpit section, and a rear cabin section normally concealed by a horizontally extending cushioned deck element located adjacent the stern. The deck element is hinged along its rear edge so as to be elevatable to expose a sunken floor wherein sink and toilet facilities may be provided. An enclosure for the rear cabin area may be deployed to provide privacy for changing clothes or using the toilet. In combination with the sunken floor, the height of the enclosure permits a person to stand erect and move about freely. A portable toilet may be stored under a captain's chair immediately in front of the rear cabin area and slid rearwardly for use in the rear cabin area as needed.

Abstract: A versatile motor boat having front and rear casting platforms and side platforms, a center console and oppositely facing, front and rear seat assemblies. Both seat assemblies can be opened to provide maximum seating when the boat is to be used for cruising. The front seat assembly may be collapsed to provide an extended front casting platform when it is desired to use the boat as a bay or striper boat. Both seat assemblies can be folded down to extend the front and rear casting platforms for use of the boat as a bass boat. When the seat assemblies are collapsed, supports are provided for a rigid back member forming part of each seat back and latches secure the seat backs in their collapsed position so that the rear surfaces of the rigid members provide stable extended casting platforms.

Abstract: A performance vee hull that can be made with conventional aluminum manufacturing techniques on a relatively economical basis. The hull uses the lift of a concave bow, the off-setting “hold down” of strakes without lift characteristics, the tracking and drag of a keel and an integrally formed off-set motor mount with a full transom to produce a “severe vee” hull configuration (10-15 degrees inclination per side, 20-30 degrees total vee shape). The hull has a curved, reverse or concave flared bow. A bottom surface of the hull terminates at a rear edge. Behind the rear edge is a set-back section. A transom extends across the rear of the boat, and is relatively flat all the way across. The set-back section extends rearwardly 4-8 inches from the transom and has a bottom surface that is above the bottom edge of the transom, about 3-6 inches.

Abstract: A multi-function boat seat mount enables a single boat seat to be selectively attached to a seat mounting rail on a boat deck, or a pedestal support. The mounting system converts a prior art seat mounting plate on the bottom of a seat which includes a connector adapted to be attached to a complementary connector on a seat mounting rail, to a pedestal mounted seat. To this end, a separate pedestal mounting plate is provided which includes a rail having substantially the same configuration as the seat mounting rail. The pedestal mounting plate can thereby be connected to the seat mounting plate with a spring-loaded catch on the pedestal mounting plate engaging the trailing edges of the seat mounting plate. A spyder is carried by the bottom of the pedestal mounting plate with a pedestal element telescopingly engageable with a pedestal pole rotatably carried in a bushing on a pedestal base attached to the boat deck.