A WATERCRAFT SERVING AS AN IMPLEMENT FOR THE PRACTICE OF WATER-SKIING

摘要

An implement for the practice of the water-skiing, consisting in a watercraft (1-3) provided with a platform (3) for resting of the skiers feet and having a buoyancy larger than the sum of the own weight of the implement and of the weight of a skier. whereby the watercraft is capable of supporting in floating condition the skiers weight, even in the still condition. The watercraft is provided with a upright shaft (4) ending at its upper end with a handle-bar (6), connected at its lower end to the watercraft and provided, in at least one intermediate point, with a means (7) for connection of a towline (T). The watercraft may have longitudinally aligned coupling means (5) suitable for receiving the insertion of the shaft (4), and the shaft (4) may have a number of connection means (7) for the towline (T), situated at different heights over the point (5) in which the shaft (4) is inserted in the implement. The lower surface (30) of the watercraft has a transversal downwards directed concavity, and the lower surface (10) of the prow region (1) is upwards curved along the longitudinal direction.