Unmanned marine sailing vessel
AssigneeSolar Sailor Pty Ltd
InventorRobert Dane
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Abstract
The present invention relates broadly to an unmanned surface vessel (10) comprising a hull (12), an underwater appendage (14), a winch (16), and a cable or rope (18). The cable or rope (18) is at its distal end attached to a remote device (20) with the cable or rope (18) arranged to cooperate with the winch (16) to be deployed and retrieved from the vessel (10) via operation of the winch (16). The underwater appendage is in the form of a keel including a cavity (22) designed to partly locate the winch (16).
Claims15
An unmanned surface vessel comprising:
- a hull;
- an underwater appendage in the form of a keel which is at least in part hollow thereby defining a cavity, the keel being attached to the hull;
- a winch located at least partly within the cavity, the winch arranged to cooperate with a cable or rope to be deployed and retrieved from the vessel via operation of the winch;
- the keel including at least one aperture through which the cable or rope passes, said aperture being adapted to permit the ingress of water from outside the hull into at least the cavity of the keel improving the righting moment of the unmanned surface vessel.
An unmanned surface vessel comprising:
- a hull;
- an underwater appendage in the form of a keel which is at least in part hollow thereby defining a cavity, the keel being attached to the hull and adapted to permit flooding of water from outside the hull into at least the cavity of the keel;
- a housing fitted internally of the hull and surrounding the cavity, the housing adapted to contain the flooded water substantially within the cavity;
- a local device located at least partly within the cavity.
An unmanned surface vessel as claimed in 12 wherein the local device includes sonar, camera, sensor, batteries or any one or more combinations of these active or passive local devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.