Method of stabilizing a boat against a stationary structure

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EP 1 695 902 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.10.2006 Bulletin 2006/41

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	30.08.2006 Bulletin 2006/35

(21)	Application number: 06252858.3

(22)	Date of filing: 02.06.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B63B 39/00^(2006.01)

B63B 59/02^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK YU

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Priority:

14.06.2005 GB 0512097

(71)	Applicant: Windcat Workboats Limited
	Blackpool Lancashire FY4 1DW (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	Clarkson, Neil M. Poulton le Fylde Lancashire FY6 8DJ (GB) Van Rijk, Robert M. 1436 BK Aalsmeerderburg (NL)

(74)	Representative: Hitchcock, Esmond Antony
	Lloyd Wise McNeight & Lawrence Commonweath House 1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW London WC1A 1LW (GB)

(54)	Method of stabilizing a boat against a stationary structure

(57) A technique for stabilising a boat (2) in open water against a stationary structure (4) is disclosed. The boat (2) has a fender (8) at one end comprising a resilient material (10), and the boat (2) is urged against the structure (4) to engage the resilient material (10) with the structure (4). The frictional engagement in combination with the urging force is sufficient to prevent the engaged fender (8) from slipping down the structure (4). In this way so long as the engagement is sustained, the boat (2) is stabilised against the structure (4).

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