A sail body for forming part of a wind assisted propulsion device
OwnerLuke Neil MCEWEN, Nicholas CONTOPOULOS +1inventors
InventorsLuke Neil MCEWEN, Nicholas CONTOPOULOS, Stephanie RYDER
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a sail body (3) for forming part of a wind assisted propulsion device (4), the method comprising the steps of: laying a first fabric (14), formed from first fibres, onto a mould (16) defining the shape of a part (2) of the sail body (3); laying a plurality of strips (22), formed from second fibres, onto a surface of the first fabric (14) such that at least some of the second fibres extend longitudinally along the sail body (3).
Claims24
A method of manufacturing a sail body for forming part of a wind assisted propulsion device, the method comprising the steps of:
- laying a first fabric, formed from first fibres, onto a mould defining the shape of a part of the sail body;
- laying a plurality of strips, formed from second fibres, onto a surface of the first fabric such that at least some of the second fibres extend longitudinally along the sail body.
A sail body for forming part of a wind assisted propulsion device, the sail body comprising a plurality of sail body parts joined together to form the sail body, each sail body part comprising:
- a first skin formed from a first fibrous material formed from first fibres;
- and,
- a plurality of strips extending longitudinally along the sail body,
- wherein each strip is formed from a second fibrous material formed from second fibres, at least some of which second fibres extend longitudinally along the sail body.
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A vessel comprising a wind assisted propulsion device attached to a portion of the vessel, which wind assisted propulsion device comprises a sail body comprising:
- a plurality of sail body parts joined together to form the sail body, each sail body part comprising:
- a first skin formed from a first fibrous material formed from first fibres;
- and,
- a plurality of strips extending longitudinally along the sail body,
- wherein each strip is formed from a second fibrous material formed from second fibres, at least some of which second fibres extend longitudinally along the sail body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.