Righting devices that provide foot and/or hand holds to allow users to manually right capsized watercraft. In some embodiments, each righting device is configured to be secured to a hull bottom so as to extend outwardly from the surface of the hull bottom. In some embodiments, each righting device includes at least one receptacle that is recessed relative to a hull bottom. Righting devices of the present disclosure may, for example, be retrofitted to existing hull bottoms. Righting devices of the present disclosure may be formed monolithically and integrally with hull bottoms during construction thereof. The present disclosure is also directed to methods of using righting devices of the present disclosure, as well as to kits that include one or more righting devices, installation instructions for locating and installing one or more righting devices, and/or use instructions describing how to use the righting device(s) to right a capsized watercraft.
Righting devices for assisting with righting capsized watercraft, and watercraft incorporating such righting devices
2022-06-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |
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