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Sail plan for sailing craft

Patent 5231943 Issued on August 3, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject May 11, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

2893339

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Sailing craft
Patent #: 4263861
Issued on: 04/28/1981
Inventor: Vicard

Adjustable roller furling spar
Patent #: 4449468
Issued on: 05/22/1984
Inventor: Schulz ,   et al.

Watercraft with at least two twin hulls Patent #: 4603648
Issued on: 08/05/1986
Inventor: Berge

Inventor

Application

No. 881158 filed on 05/11/1992

US Classes:

114/39.13, With rig means providing vertical lift114/89, SPARS114/97, Gaffs, booms, etc.114/102.16, Including means to orient sail114/104Reefing and furling

Examiners

Primary: Sotelo, Jesus D.
Assistant: Avila, Stephen

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

B62H 009/10

Abstract

A plan for a sail of a sailing craft such as a sailboat, an iceboat and a land yacht having a hull. At least one mast is mounted on an end of the hull and the mast angles upwardly over the hull. A boom is pivotably mounted approximately amidships of the hull. The boom is rotatable through 360° about the mounting point, and the ends of the boom avoid contact with the at least one mast. A triangular sail has a lower edge connected to the boom and an upper corner releasably connected to the top of the at least one mast. The boom, preferably, has an upper member and a lower member. The upper member is rotatable, and the sail may be roller reefed about the upper member. A steering system for the vehicle is provided which is collocated with the controls for the sail whereby the vehicle may be controlled by one individual at a single location. In a catamaran type sailboat, a control ring is connected to the boom whereby pivotal and rotational movement of the sail may be controlled by a person seated on the hull.

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