Solar powered electric ship system

Attachments to a sailing ship's superstructure for increasing the area available for supporting photovoltaic arrays;

• said attachments comprising:
• a wing-boom for extending the length of a sailing ships yards to accommodate solar cell beaded rope arrays;
• and
• an upper roller boom for attachment to the ships yards to accommodate solar cell beaded rope arrays;
• said wing-boom comprising a lightweight I-beam section at least 10 feet in length, a hinge fastened to one end of said I-beam section, a means for fastening and storing reefed rope arrays, and eyebolts attached to the distal end of said I-beam section, away from said hinge;
• said hinge being sized to bolt on to the end of a sailing ships yard, allowing said wing-boom to be pivoted downwards with respect to said yard;
• said hinge incorporating a metal portion which fits under the end of said yard, projecting below it and acting as a stop for said wing-boom, preventing downward rotation movement beyond the vertical;
• said means for fastening and storing reefed rope arrays including a rod which is rotated by a motor and supported by two or more supports fixedly attached to said I-beam section along its length;
• said rod having provision along its length for tying the ends of said beaded rope arrays to enable rolling up the arrays;
• said wing-boom also able to be used as a ships stern boom, and connected to the stern of a ship for extending the area of support for solar cell beaded rope arrays;
• said upper roller comprising a wooden boom of a length equal to the ships yards, each roller being located held above and parallel to a yard by a support which is attached to said yard;
• said upper roller being able to rotate on its longitudinal axis when driven by a motor or rotary device;
• said upper roller providing a means for fastening and reefing said solar cell beaded rope arrays.