Pivotal trim tab hull
View Patent ↗A boat hull configured to create a desired wake shape through a combination of two distinct hull types that interact with the water flow at specified moments. Controlled shaping of the wake shape is achieved through redirection of water flowing across the transom of the main hull, onto a secondary transom of a secondary “diffuser” suction hull that creates a negative pressure that sucks the aft portion of the boat hull into the water, thereby immersing the secondary transom into the water where it can effectively interact with the water and “carve” the desired wake shape desirable for wake surfing.
1. A boat hull that creates a wake shape conducive to wake surfing, the hull comprising:
a primary hull having a fore end and an aft end and at least a portion therebetween that maintains contact with a water surface;
a transom located at the aft end of the primary hull, where the transom extends from the hull to a center line of the boat;
a secondary hull extending aft from the transom, the secondary hull comprising,
an outer diffuser edge;
an inner diffuser edge located higher above the water surface than the outer diffuser edge;
a secondary keel that extends fore and aft on the secondary hull, such that the aft end terminates at a point further above the water surface than the inner diffuser edge; and
a concavity formed within the secondary hull by the outer diffuser edge, the inner diffuser edge, and the secondary keel;
a secondary transom located at the aft end of the secondary hull;
a pivotal trim tab mechanism disposed between the primary hull and the secondary hull, where a trim tab of the pivotal trim tab mechanism extends generally perpendicular to the center line of the boat,
such that water flowing past the primary hull can be redirected by the pivotal trim tab towards the secondary hull where the water flows through the concavity and past the secondary transom to cause a suction force that lowers the secondary hull into the water and creates the wake shape.
2. A boat hull according to claim 1 , further comprising a pocket within the primary hull into which the pivotal trim tab mechanism can be at least partially recessed.