Personal watercraft with dock line management system

Abstract

A dock line management system for attachment to watercraft is disclosed. The dock line management system includes a loop holder with a loophole and a clip holder both positioned apart on one side of a gunwale of the watercraft. The clip holder is configured to hold both ends of a dock line at the clip holder and the dock line is folded back at the loophole.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A watercraft, comprising:
 a hull having an upper side and a bottom side;   a seat located on the upper side of the hull and straddling a centerline of the hull;   a steering device movably attached to a fore side of the hull, wherein the steering device controls a speed and direction of movement of the watercraft;   port and starboard gunwales, wherein each of the port and starboard gunwales is located on the upper side of the hull and a respective side of the seat, and wherein each of the port and starboard gunwales define a mounting surface; and   a dock line management system for attachment to at least one of the mounting surface of either the port gunwale or the starboard gunwale,   wherein the dock line management system includes a loop holder with a loophole and a clip holder both positioned along the mounting surface, configured to hold both ends of a dock line at the clip holder and the dock line is folded back at the loophole.   
     
     
         2 . The watercraft of  claim 1 , wherein the dock line is detachably attached to the clip holder. 
     
     
         3 . The watercraft of  claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the loophole is smaller than a diameter of an end of the dock line to prevent passage of the dock line through the loophole. 
     
     
         4 . The watercraft of  claim 3 , wherein the diameter of the end of the dock line is defined by a terminating structure. 
     
     
         5 . The watercraft of  claim 1 , wherein the clip holder includes a plurality of openings to detachably receive the dock line. 
     
     
         6 . The watercraft of  claim 5 , wherein the plurality of openings corresponds to a “U” shape opening portion with pyramid-shaped line stoppers in inner sides of the “U” shape opening portion respectively. 
     
     
         7 . The watercraft of  claim 6 , wherein “U” shape opening portions are formed by three plates with two of them has outwardly curved ends and one center plate has a semi cylindrical end, which accommodate the dock line in and out of the “U” shape opening portions respectively. 
     
     
         8 . The watercraft of  claim 5 , wherein the mounting surface includes at least a top surface of the gunwale and wherein the loop holder and the clip holder are attached to the top surface while the loophole and the plurality of openings face inwardly from an end of the watercraft. 
     
     
         9 . The watercraft of  claim 1 , wherein the loop holder and the clip holder are detachably mounted to the mounting surface. 
     
     
         10 . The watercraft of  claim 1 , wherein the loop holder and the clip holder are fixed to the mounting surface. 
     
     
         11 . The watercraft of  claim 1 , wherein the loop holder and the clip holder are positioned in between 3-10 feet apart on one side of the gunwale. 
     
     
         12 . A dock line management system configured to be attached to a personal watercraft, comprising:
 a loop holder with a loophole configured to attach to a surface the watercraft; and   a clip holder configured to attach to the surface of the personal watercraft;   wherein the loop holder and the clip holder are positioned apart and configured to hold both ends of a dock line at the clip holder and the dock line is folded back at the loophole.   
     
     
         13 . The dock line management system of  claim 12 , wherein the clip holder has two openings to detachably receive the dock line. 
     
     
         14 . The dock line management system of  claim 13 , wherein the two openings correspond to “U” shape opening portions with pyramid-shaped line stoppers in inner sides of the “U” shape opening portions. 
     
     
         15 . The dock line management system of  claim 12 , wherein the loophole has a diameter to allow passage of a body portion of the dock line and prevent passage of an end portion of the dock line. 
     
     
         16 . The dock line management system of  claim 12 , wherein an end portion of the dock line includes a terminating structure, the terminating structure having a diameter greater than the diameter of the loophole. 
     
     
         17 . The dock line management system of  claim 12 , wherein the loop holder and the clip holder are positioned in between 3-10 feet apart on one side of a gunwale of the watercraft. 
     
     
         18 . A kit for a dock line management system configured to be attached to a personal watercraft, comprising:
 a loop holder with a loophole configured to attach to a surface the watercraft, wherein the loophole has a diameter to allow passage of a body portion of a dock line and prevent passage of an end portion of the dock line; and   a clip holder configured to attach to the surface of the watercraft, wherein the clip holder defines a plurality of openings for detachably receiving portions of a dock line.   
     
     
         19 . The kit for the dock line management system of  claim 18 , wherein the plurality of openings of the clip holder corresponds to “U” shape opening portion with pyramid-shaped line stoppers in inner sides of the “U” shape opening portion respectively. 
     
     
         20 . The kit for the dock line management system of  claim 19 , wherein “U” shape opening portions are formed by three plates with two of them has outwardly curved ends and one center plate has a semi cylindrical end, which accommodate the dock line in and out of the “U” shape opening portions respectively.