GB739692A - Improved rig for sailing vessels - Google Patents

Improved rig for sailing vessels

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GB739692A
GB739692A GB14506/54A GB1450654A GB739692A GB 739692 A GB739692 A GB 739692A GB 14506/54 A GB14506/54 A GB 14506/54A GB 1450654 A GB1450654 A GB 1450654A GB 739692 A GB739692 A GB 739692A
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luff
sail
sailing vessels
wire
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H9/00—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power
    • B63H9/04—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power using sails or like wind-catching surfaces
    • B63H9/06—Types of sail; Constructional features of sails; Arrangements thereof on vessels

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Abstract

739,692. Sailing vessels. WOTTON, E. May 18, 1954, No. 14506/54. Class 115. In a rig for fore-and-aft sailing vessels having sails H, K arranged longitudinally, at least one sail H together with the wire or feature of any kind (if any) to which its luff is attached is capable of being transferred laterally across the width or part of the width of the vessel so that the whole of its luff is to port or starboard of the whole of the luff of the other sail K by means of an overhead transverse slide bar, spar, or wire and sliding block or pulley or ring thereon supported aloft by masts and associated with similar or known means of traversing the foot or tack of the sail. In the embodiment shown in the Figures the foremast is replaced by parallel masts A and B supporting a crossbar C.
GB14506/54A 1954-05-18 1954-05-18 Improved rig for sailing vessels Expired GB739692A (en)

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1981000991A1 (en) * 1979-10-15 1981-04-16 Carter Offshore Design Inc Sail rigging system
EP0083547A2 (en) * 1981-12-31 1983-07-13 Louis Gervais Mast arrangement for sailing boats

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1981000991A1 (en) * 1979-10-15 1981-04-16 Carter Offshore Design Inc Sail rigging system
US4345534A (en) * 1979-10-15 1982-08-24 Carter Offshore Design, Inc. Sail rigging system
EP0083547A2 (en) * 1981-12-31 1983-07-13 Louis Gervais Mast arrangement for sailing boats
EP0083547A3 (en) * 1981-12-31 1984-03-28 Louis Gervais Mast arrangement for sailing boats

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