Sailing vessel
OwnerPaul Brouzes, Frederic Brouzesinventors
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate generally to a sailing vessel that can substantially obviate the heeling problem experienced by classical sailboats. During navigation, the sailing vessel is driven forward by an aerodynamic force exerted by wind on the sail, and balanced by a hydrodynamic force exerted by water on a float on the stern of the sailing vessel, the aerodynamic force and the hydrodynamic force being parallel or substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the sailing vessel.
Claims13
A sail-control system configured to be disposed in a cockpit of a sailing vessel that has a sail and a longitudinal axis, the sail having a first edge and a second edge that define a plane of the sail, the sail-control system comprising:
- a pulley configured to be coupled to a first line and a second line of the sailing vessel, each of the first line and the second line being coupled to a respective end of the first edge;
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- a handle coupled to the pulley and configured to rotate the pulley to adjust a length of the first line relative to a length of the second line,
- wherein the sail-control system is configured to adjust an angle between the first edge and the longitudinal axis as a result of the length adjustment by the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.