摘要 |
A vessel for a small number of people comprises: a hull; a passenger cockpit (4) in the hull; a closable canopy (10) for the cockpit; a seat (8) in the cockpit (4); a bulkhead (6) abaft the cockpit (4); a closed engine compartment (5) abaft the bulkhead (6); an internal combustion engine (23) in the engine compartment; the vessel being self-righting by means of the centre of gravity of the loaded vessel being spaced from upper parts (4', 5') of the closed cockpit (4) and engine compartment (5), the buoyancy of which parts (4', 5') provide that the vessel is buoyant and unstable when inverted and that a substantial righting moment is present when the vessel is capsized. |