US 12,065,232 B1
Watersports boat with enhanced wake generation characteristics and related methods and systems
Aaron M. Marohl, Saint Cloud, FL (US); Eric J. Miller, Orlando, FL (US); Christopher J. Grueber, Athens, TN (US); Jonathan R. Hampton, Sweetwater, TN (US); Randy E. McDaniel, Madisonville, TN (US); and Carl D. Welshan, Vonore, TN (US)
Assigned to CORRECT CRAFT IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed by Correct Craft IP Holdings, LLC, Orlando, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/337,537.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/088,224, filed on Oct. 6, 2020.
Int. Cl. B63H 21/21 (2006.01); B63B 1/04 (2006.01); B63B 32/10 (2020.01); B63B 32/50 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01)
CPC B63H 21/21 (2013.01) [B63B 1/04 (2013.01); B63B 32/10 (2020.02); B63B 32/50 (2020.02); B63B 79/40 (2020.01); B63H 2021/216 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watersports boat comprising:
a hull having a running surface and extending between a bow and a stern;
a transverse water channeling system, the transverse water channeling system including:
a pair of water channelers mounted at the stern on opposite sides of a centerline of the hull, each of the water channelers including a first sidewall angled such that a trailing edge is closer to the centerline than a leading edge, a second sidewall spaced apart from the first side wall and angled like the first side wall, and first and second cross walls connected, respectively, to upper and lower ends of the first and second side walls, each of the water channelers mounted to the stern so as to be independently movable from a stowed position to a deployed position at least partially below the running surface such that water passing between the first and second sidewalls in the deployed position is redirected across the centerline; and
a pair of actuation assemblies, each actuation assembly operable to move a respective one of the water channelers between the stowed and deployed positions;
a controller located in the boat including at least one microprocessor and machine-readable memory receiving a side selection input, the controller being configured with program instructions to operate the actuation assembly to move the water channeler on a selected side into the deployed position.