Roger W Bailey

US Patent:

20120216735, Aug 30, 2012

Filed:

Feb 27, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/406046

Inventors:

Roger W. Bailey - Gilford NH, US

International Classification:

B63B 35/74
B63B 3/00

US Classification:

114 5555, 114355

Abstract:

A boat capable of having a snowmobile securely mounted on its hull and steerable by the snowmobile's steering mechanism. The boat includes a bow, an aft, a port side, a starboard side, and a mid-ship. The hull of the boat includes a top and a bottom, wherein the bottom of the hull includes under-hull skis with tips and tails, and the bottom of the hull further includes a bow step positioned proximate to the tips of the under-hull skis. The boat also includes: a snowmobile opening including a cutaway of the hull extending into the hull from the aft and disposed halfway between the port and starboard sides; a transom disposed at the aft; and a boat steering mechanism including two boat ski attachment mechanisms on the port and starboard sides of the boat and two snowmobile ski attachment mechanisms on the port and starboard sides.