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US 5,628,265 AGranted
Sail boats
AssigneeMission Yachts PLC
InventorsFarad Azima, Kieron Dunk
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AssigneeMission Yachts PLC
InventorsFarad Azima, Kieron Dunk
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In a sail boat having a hull, an upstanding mast in the hull, a boom articulated on the mast, a sail supported on the mast and controlled by the boom, a crew cockpit disposed below the boom, the cockpit having a front, sides and a rear, and a hoop-like structure straddling the cockpit transversely of the boat in the vicinity of and below the boom to define a safe area within the cockpit into which the boom is positively prevented from encroaching; screen structure is provided which has a front portion arranged to shield the cockpit front and side portions which shield the cockpit sides. A track along which the screen structure is slidable longitudinally of the boat is included. The screen structure is arranged such that in its rearward position the side portions of the screen structure seal against the hoop-like structure.
In a sail boat comprising a hull, an upstanding mast in the hull, a boom articulated on the mast, a crew cockpit disposed below the boom, the cockpit having a front, sides and a rear, and a hoop-like structure straddling the cockpit transversely of the boat in the vicinity of and below the boom to define a safe area within the cockpit into which the boom is positively prevented from encroaching, the improvement comprising a screen structure having a front portion arranged to shield the cockpit front, and side portions to shield the cockpit sides, and comprising track means along which the screen structure is slidable longitudinally of the boat the arrangement being such that in its rearward position the side portions of the screen structure seal against the hoop-like structure.
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