Wake enhancing boat hull

Abstract

A wake enhancing boat hull comprises a hull comprising a bow portion at a first end, a port hull side portion, a starboard hull side portion, and an underside hull portion, a transom connected to the hull portion at a second end of the hull, a port wake enhancing section positioned between the port hull side portion and the transom, configured to guide water to enhance the wake produced by the boat hull, and a starboard wake enhancing section positioned between the starboard hull side portion and the transom, configured to guide water to enhance the wake produced by the boat hull. Methods of production and use are also disclosed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wake enhancing boat hull, comprising:
 a hull comprising a bow portion at a first end, a port hull side portion, a starboard hull side portion, and an underside hull portion;   a transom connected to the hull portion at a second end of the hull;   a port wake enhancing section positioned between the port hull side portion and the transom, configured to guide water to enhance the wake produced by the boat hull; and   a starboard wake enhancing section positioned between the starboard hull side portion and the transom, configured to guide water to enhance the wake produced by the boat hull.   
     
     
         2 . The hull of  claim 1 , wherein the port and starboard wake enhancing sections each include a plurality of surfaces. 
     
     
         3 . The hull of  claim 1 , wherein the port and starboard wake enhancing sections comprise a general shape selected from a chamfered geometry, a multifaceted recess, a multifaceted geometry, a radiused geometry, a curve of variable radius, a curve of constant radius, a concave geometry, a convex geometry, or a multifaceted chamfer. 
     
     
         4 . The hull of  claim 1 , wherein the port and starboard wake enhancing sections comprise a combination of at least two general shapes selected from a chamfered geometry, a multifaceted recess, a multifaceted geometry, a radiused geometry, a curve of variable radius, a curve of constant radius, a concave geometry, a convex geometry, and a multifaceted chamfer. 
     
     
         5 . The hull of  claim 1 , wherein the port and starboard wake enhancing sections include a lower face and an upper face. 
     
     
         6 . The hull of  claim 5 , wherein the upper face of each wake enhancing section is at an angle relative to the lower face of each wake enhancing section in the range of 30 to 270 degrees. 
     
     
         7 . The hull of  claim 1 , wherein the port and starboard wake enhancing sections are angled inward toward a centerline of the boat hull in a first direction, wherein the forwardmost portion of each wake enhancing section is farther from the centerline than the rearmost portion of each wake enhancing section. 
     
     
         8 . The hull of  claim 7 , wherein the port and starboard wake enhancing sections are angled inward toward the centerline of the boat hull in a first direction at an angle in the range of 0 to 90 degrees. 
     
     
         9 . The hull of  claim 1 , wherein the port and starboard wake enhancing sections are angled inward toward a centerline of the boat hull in a second direction, wherein the topmost portion of each wake enhancing section is farther from the centerline than the bottommost portion of each wake enhancing section. 
     
     
         10 . The hull of  claim 9 , wherein the port and starboard wake enhancing sections are angled inward toward the centerline of the boat hull in a second direction at an angle in the range of 0 to 90 degrees. 
     
     
         11 . The hull of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the port and starboard wake enhancing sections are angled inward toward a centerline of the boat hull in a first direction, wherein the forwardmost portion of each wake enhancing section is farther from the centerline than the rearmost portion of each wake enhancing section; and   the port and starboard wake enhancing sections are angled inward toward the centerline of the boat hull in a second direction, wherein the topmost portion of each wake enhancing section is farther from the centerline than the bottommost portion of each wake enhancing section.   
     
     
         12 . The hull in  claim 1 , wherein the length of the port and starboard wake enhancing sections begin in the range of 1 to 100 inches in front of the transom and extend to the transom. 
     
     
         13 . The hull in  claim 1 , wherein the length of the port and starboard wake enhancing sections begin in the range of 1 to 100 inches in above the underside portion and extend to the underside portion. 
     
     
         14 . The hull of  claim 1 , wherein an edge located at the intersection between the transom and the port wake enhancing section includes a radius, and an edge located at the intersection between the transom and the starboard wake enhancing section includes a radius. 
     
     
         15 . A wake enhancing boat hull production method, comprising:
 providing the wake enhancing boat hull of  claim 1  as a design; and   manufacturing the wake enhancing boat hull based on the design.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the boat hull is manufactured from at least one material selected from a group consisting of aluminum, steel, fiberglass, wood, carbon fiber, composite, and plastic. 
     
     
         17 . A wake enhancing method, comprising:
 providing the wake enhancing boat hull of  claim 1 ; and   propelling the wake enhancing boat hull via a propulsion system through water to create an enhanced wake.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the wake is enhanced for a wake sport or a tow sport selected from the group consisting of wakesurfing, wakeboarding, wakeskating, waterskiing, slalom skiing, barefoot skiing, trick skiing, knee boarding, tubing, aquaplaning, skurfing, and hydrofoiling. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the propulsion system is selected from the group consisting of an outboard motor with a propeller, and inboard motor with a propeller, an inboard-outboard motor with a propeller, an outboard motor with a jet, an inboard motor with a jet, an inboard-outboard motor with a jet, and a sail. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the propulsion system is a gasoline powered propulsion device, a diesel powered propulsion device, an electric powered propulsion device, or a wind powered propulsion device.