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Claim 1

IN A FOLDING BOAT FORMED IN TWO HALVES HINGEDLY CONNECTED TOGETHER TRANSVERSELY OF THE MID-PORTION OF THE BOAT; THAT IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES A PAIR OF TRANSVERSE PARTITION MEANS EACH INTEGRAL WITH AN ASSOCIATED HALF OF SAID BOAT AND EACH SIMILARLY INCLINED ACUTELY TO A VERTICAL PLANE AND IN A DIRECTION TOWARD THE AFT END OF THE BOAT WHEREBY THE UPPER PORTION OF THE PARTITION MEANS FOR THE BOW HALF OF THE BOAT PROVIDES A COMFORTABLE INCLINED BACK REST FOR A SEAT, AND WHEREBY SAID PAIR OF PARTITION MEAN COOPERATE IN THE FOLDED POSITION OF THE BOAT TO PROVIDE A CLOSED CARGO COMPARTMENT THE FORWARD END OF WHICH PRESENTS A NEAT-APPEARING UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY INCLINED FLAT WALL, THE BOW HALF OF SAID BOAT BEING SUBSTANTIALLY AS WIDE AS THE REAR END OF THE STERN HALF AND BEING INCLINED UPWARDLY AND FORWARDLY INTO MERGER WITH A GENERALLY WIDE LONG STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL LIP EXTENDING ACROSS THE FORWARD END OF SAID BOW HALF, SAID BOW HALF HAVING A DOWNWARDLY PROJECTING KEEL-LIKE RIB EXTENDING LENGTHWISE CENTRALLY OF SAID HALF, THE STERN HALF OF SAID BOAT HAVING A BOTTOM INCLUDING SHALLOW V-SHAPED PANELS AND A PLANAR TRANSOM EXTENDING CROSSWISE OF SAID BOAT AND MERGING ALONG ITS LOWER EDGE WITH SAID SHALLOW V-SHAPED PANELS FORMING THE BOTTOM OF SAID STERN HALF.