Portable sail for paddle-type vessels

A sail securable to a small boat, the sail comprising:

• a membrane;
• a perimeter member secured around a perimeter of the membrane to make the membrane substantially taut before a wind load is applied to the sail;
• fastening members extending from the membrane or the perimeter member, the fastening members being securable to the small boat;
• and
• a dousing line secured to the perimeter member at an apex of the sail extending approximately parallel to an apex intersection axis of the sail when in a deployed configuration, the dousing line passing slidingly through a member located at a bottom of the sail and secured to the perimeter member at the bottom of the sail.

A sail securable to a small boat, the sail comprising:

• a membrane;
• a perimeter member secured around a perimeter of the membrane to make the membrane substantially taut before a wind load is applied to the sail;
• fastening members extending from the membrane or the perimeter member, the fastening members being securable to the small boat;
• and
• stabilizing members secured to the membrane and extending across the membrane having upper and lower ends thereof structurally coupled to the perimeter member, the stabilizing members configured to urge the perimeter member outwardly from the membrane;
• wherein the stabilizing members are secured within the membrane and each stabilizing member comprises an elongate non-corroding member.