Wakeboard tower
An arch shaped structural member suitable for use as a wakeboard tower including a pair of legs and a crosspiece supported by the legs, both of the legs and the crosspiece being a coreless cast structural member characterized as a cast structural member and devoid of a hollow interior enclosed by solid portions.
1. A wakeboard tower, comprising:
an arch shaped wakeboard tower comprising at least two legs, each leg comprising an interior side facing an interior of a boat when mounted to the boat and an opposite exterior side facing away from the interior of the boat, a crosspiece supported by the legs, and a tow point, wherein the interior sides of the legs comprise a concave configuration with a recess disposed thereon and wherein, when the legs are mounted on a boat, the legs comprise a coreless cast construction characterized as a cast structural member and devoid of a hollow interior enclosed by solid portions.
2. The wakeboard tower of claim 1 , wherein the leg includes bosses formed within the recess and the leg further includes a removable decorative panel secured adjacent the recess by fasteners cooperating with the panel and the bosses.
3. The wakeboard tower of claim 1 , wherein the structural member of coreless cast construction is made of cast aluminum.
4. A wakeboard tower, comprising:
a pair of legs, each leg comprising an interior side facing an interior of a boat when mounted to the boat and an opposite exterior side facing away from the interior of the boat wherein the interior sides of the legs comprise a concave configuration with a recess disposed thereon and wherein, when the legs are mounted on a boat, the legs each comprise a coreless cast construction characterized as a cast structural leg devoid of a hollow interior enclosed by solid portions; and
a crosspiece of tubular aluminum construction attached to the legs to provide an arch shaped structural member suitable for use as a wakeboard tower.
5. A boat comprising a windshield and a raised structural member comprising a first leg extending substantially upwardly from a first side of the boat at a first location aft of the windshield, a second leg extending substantially upwardly from a second side of the boat at a second location aft of the windshield, and a cross member bridging an upper portion of the two legs, each leg having a concave configuration with an intermediate recessed section, and a removable decorative panel attached to an interior side of each leg so that the intermediate section is covered by the decorative panel.