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The specification describes a tow bar assembly for coupling an auxiliary watercraft to the stern of a larger towing craft. The tow bar assembly comprises a socket member especially designed for attachment to the swim platform of the towing craft when one is provided or, alternatively, directly to th

The specification describes a tow bar assembly for coupling an auxiliary watercraft to the stern of a larger towing craft. The tow bar assembly comprises a socket member especially designed for attachment to the swim platform of the towing craft when one is provided or, alternatively, directly to the transom of the towing craft. The socket is designed to receive one end of a generally longitudinally incompressible but vertically flexible bar member. The other end of the bar member is provided with a suitable coupling device for facilitating connection to the bow of the craft to be towed.

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Apparatus for coupling a relatively small auxiliary watercraft to the stern of a larger towing vessel, said auxiliary watercraft having tie point means at its bow, said vessel including a stern transom, comprising in combination: (a) a tubular socket attachable to said transom, said socket having a

Apparatus for coupling a relatively small auxiliary watercraft to the stern of a larger towing vessel, said auxiliary watercraft having tie point means at its bow, said vessel including a stern transom, comprising in combination: (a) a tubular socket attachable to said transom, said socket having a latch pin-receiving aperture passing therethrough; (b) an elongated, longitudinally incompressible but vertically resilient bar member of a predetermined length and having a latch pin-receiving aperture on a first end thereof and a coupling means connected to a second end thereof for mating with said bow tie point means, said bar member exhibiting a predetermined spring constant and said first end being insertable into said tubular socket for constraining rotation of said bar member about a vertical axis; and (c) a coupling pin insertable through said pin-receiving aperture of said socket and said bar member when aligned.