US 12,240,579 B1
Method and system for surf wake shaping
Dustin Abel, Bell Isle, FL (US)
Assigned to VILLACH ELECTRIC, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by Villach Electric, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/544,241.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,245, filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63H 21/17 (2006.01); B63H 21/21 (2006.01); B63H 25/38 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 21/21 (2013.01) [B63B 79/10 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63H 21/17 (2013.01); B63H 25/38 (2013.01); G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); B63H 2021/216 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watersports boat comprising:
port and starboard drives;
port and starboard propellers turned by the port and starboard drives;
a rudder operable to impart a turning motion to the boat;
a user interface operable to receive a surf mode command; and
a controller in communication with the user interface and the port and starboard drives and configured with machine-readable program instructions to, responsive to the surf mode command,
determine whether a speed of the watersports boat is within a speed range, and
if the speed of the watersports boat is within the speed range, impart a rotational speed differential to the port and starboard propellers.