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WO/1988/001586A1
A marine aid for marine craft with the marine aid being an elongate piece of flexible material (118) adapted to be placed in the water and being secured (162) to the marine craft at its rear end and being weighted at its free end (126, 1...  
WO/1988/000554A1
The invention provides for flattening a cambered flexible sheet, usually a marine sail, by rolling a supporting edge of the sheet, typically the luff of a sail, on a rotatable support member. Applied to a sail (2), the invention provides...  
WO/1987/007875A1
Device as described with a sleeve attachable to the mast at the connection height of the boom and which, on its side oriented toward the rear end of the boom, has at least two mutually superimposed recesses lying parallel to the position...  
WO/1987/007234A1
A sail assembly for a sailboard comprises a sail having a luff pocket (16) and camber inducing means comprising leading edge support inside the luff pocket and battens (20) extending from the leading edge support to the leech of the sail...  
WO/1987/007233A1
A method and apparatus for formation of sails from a liquid distributed over a mould (10). The mould (10) is essentially a flat surface deformable according to a three dimensional design from which a computer (22) controls the final shap...  
WO/1987/005877A1
Device for the removable attachment of a wishbone to the mast of a wind surfboard which are both easy to manufacture and simple to manipulate. This is achieved by the fact that hingedly fixed to the end (3) of the wishbone which projects...  
WO/1987/004682A1
A sailboard of the type having a mast (36) pivotally connected to a board (10), a boom (18) connected at one end to the mast (36) and a sail (16) tensioned by out haul (22) and down haul (26) lines. Prior art mechanisms for releasably co...  
WO/1987/003553A1
A sailboard (10) with a wing-like sail (42) pivoted to the top of a mast (12) for free roll motion but constrained against pitch. The wind may have a leading edge flap (64). The wing is made from a sail (42) stretched on a space frame (3...  
WO/1987/002320A1
This highly engineered recreational catamaran features a unique pivotable mast (4) with a downward extending section (5) that holds an underwater ballast (6). A hang glider type sail (8) provides lift as well as thrust. Working in combin...  
WO/1987/002003A1
A reefing or furling boom (10) comprises a boom (11) connected to the mast (14) by a gooseneck (16), and a roller (12) onto which a sail (13) may be wound connected to the mast by a universal joint (15). The free ends of the boom and rol...  
WO/1987/001346A1
Rig for sail boat characterized by an antenna (1), and a bilateral support device (2). The foot (3) of the antenna (1) moves laterally for the orientation of the antenna (1) and of the sail (7) according to the wind direction. The bilate...  
WO/1987/001352A1
A system and method for controlling a boat sail (15) made of fabric as it is dropped to cause the sail (15) to be folded and collected on top of the boom (16) of the boat includes one or more control lines (21) running from the boom to a...  
WO/1987/001086A1
A mast end boom mounting (10) for a sailing craft comprising a pair of members (11 and 12) hingedly interconnected and shaped to encompass a mast in closely abutting relationship, at least one of the members (11 and 12) being adapted to ...  
WO/1987/001088A1
An aerofoil shape having a section with a maximum total thickness in the range of 20% to 40% of the total chord and a 90% thickness zone that extends for at least 17% and at most 33% of the total chord and lies in the range of 105 to 55%...  
WO/1986/007572A1
Harness for sail board and centre-board, characterized in that it comprises on the one hand a support (2) having in its central portion which is placed on the thorax of the user pairs of holes (3) distributed on the height of said centra...  
WO/1986/007328A1
The sail boat comprises at least one hull (1) and one mast (2). The sails set comprises two sets (3, 4) of which the leading edges (5, 6) are substantially parallel and upset with respect to each other. Said sails (3, 4) are fixed to an ...  
WO/1986/007327A1
A novel rigging for a sailboat in which the mainsail (32) is mounted between a luff boom (52) and a foot boom (30), the luff boom being attached to the top of the mast (50) by a fitting (54) that allows rotation at least about a vertical...  
WO/1986/007325A1
A sailing vessel (20) which has one or more sails (22) each set on a respective headstay (37) fixed to the leading end of a boom or spreader (26) the rear end of which is supported by a further stay (40). Each sail (22) may be raised or ...  
WO/1986/006698A1
Apparatus in sailing boats provided with a mast (3), mainsail (4) and jib (21) includes a support means (8) thrusting out from the mast (3) in the travelling direction of the boat, and at least partially surrounding the jib (21) said mea...  
WO/1986/006697A1
An apparatus for stretching the sails of a boat comprises at least one elongate, fluid-tight container (6; 16) mounted on the sail (2; 3), the holder being connected to a pump (10) for inflating the container into a substantially stiff s...  
WO/1986/006342A1
A selftrimming sailing rig comprising rigid wingsails each comprising a leading aerofoil (1) and a trailing flap (2) that can be deflected relative to the respective leading element. The spacing between the trailing edges of the flaps is...  
WO/1986/004035A1
An aerofoil structure for wind propulsion of a ship or boat characterised by a carrier angularly movable about an upright axis on the ship or boat, a forward aerofoil set comprising at least one main upright aerofoil member, a rear aerof...  
WO/1986/004036A1
An arrangement which secures the sail (18) to the mast (14) of a sailing craft (12) to achieve an aerodynamic profile about the mast while allowing curvature in the mast for optimum sail profile. The arrangement includes an outer profile...  
WO/1986/004034A1
Rigging (9) for a wind propelled craft (8), the rigging (9) comprising a flexible sail (10) comprising two substantially identical flexible sail portions (80, 82) each having a leech (18) and a luff (20), the flexible sail portions (80, ...  
WO/1986/004123A1
An arrangement for a bearing (1) which is so arranged as to be acted upon by an axial load applied at a point radially displaced outside the bearing. The bearing arrangement solves, amongst other things, the problem of achieving good loa...  
WO/1986/003724A1
The sailing device has hull (10), a framed sail (12), a boom (28) which is connected at its upper end to the sail by a universal connection (30) located at the center of gravity of the sail, a vertical mast (52), an auxiliary boom (46) p...  
WO/1986/002902A1
Very light wing, configured like a spherical gore and intended to the traction and lift of various loads. The wing having a leading edge (1) and a trailing edge (2), is embodied by a inflatable armature (3 and 4) covered by a flexible en...  
WO/1986/002330A1
Pivot wing sailing/flying apparatus (10) including a hull support (12) for a mast (20) connected pivotally by a universal joint (25) or rigidly without. A boom (30) is connected pivotally to the other end of the mast (20) by a universal ...  
WO/1986/000591A1
Device enabling to make the concavity of a thick profiled sail reversible and remote controllable to pass through all aerodynamic profiles of the selected catalogue (clark Y or Goettingen or others). It is comprised of a turning, non guy...  
WO/1985/004377A1
A flex wing comprising a mast coupled to the support and a sail. Battens are carried by the sail, and a coupling arrangement joins the leading edge of the battens to the mast so that the sail and battens can pivot about the mast. The bat...  
WO/1985/004147A1
A sail on a cylindrical mast (10) provides an aerodynamically shaped leading edge automatically oriented into relative wind, and a smooth shape behind the mast automatically adjusting for changes in trim of the sail. Flexible rib pairs (...  
WO/1985/004142A1
Sail for wind-propelled crafts, particularly sail-boards, comprised of a double sail and having a drop-like aircraft wing profile obtained by using elastic profiled sail battens which are slid on either side into batten pockets, said pro...  
WO/1985/002595A1
A sail and mast assembly for a wind-driven craft, such as a sailboard, includes a main sail section (40) and one or more removable sail sections (42, 44) attachable to the foot of the main sail section, thereby to provide a sail with adj...  
WO/1985/002158A1
A rig for sailing craft able to direct the line of the sailforce close to the hull's lateral resistance. A taut sail's spar (2) is pivotally attached (7) above the sail's centre of effort to the top of the mast (4) and the angle between ...  
WO/1985/001929A1
Method of applying slides (1) in the edge of a sail and corresponding device. An extruded rod is cut into plugs (5) of slide length and are applied at intervals from each other along a straight line on the sail material (2), which is the...  
WO/1985/000573A1
A reversible camber airfoil that can be used to power a vehicle such as a boat, etc. Prior art conventional sails have very low efficiency due to a lack of thickness, and therefore have a large amont of resistance to the wind; this resis...  
WO/1985/000336A1
Rigging for nautical or terrestrial craft comprising a sail (1) integral with a mast hinged to the craft. According to the invention, the sail (1) is stretched on two symmetrical uprights (2) which are themselves bent by a cable (7) tens...  
WO/1984/004079A1
The device for steering the spinnaker (20) of a sailing catamaran, having two hulls (1, 2) connected therebetween with girders (3, 4, 5), is provided with a spinnaker boom (10). The spinnaker (20), one end of a halyard (11) and one end o...  
WO/1984/002319A1
The sail system is so designed that the action of the wind on the sail is directly transmitted to the moving body by means of supports in order to generate a propulsion force. It is comprised of one mast (1) serving as a pivot for two up...  
WO/1984/002114A1
Mechanism for hoisting and reefing a sail on a sailing vessel wherein the foot of the sail is connected along its length to a roller boom, and wherein the hoisting and reefing of the said sail is effected by halyard means passing over a ...  
WO/1984/001414A1
A releasable locking device comprises a tubular housing (180) having a pair of rotary pawls (182) mounted therein. The angular position of the pawls are controlled by spring-loaded balls (183). A line (179) passing through the housing ha...  
WO/1984/000732A1
Pressure tappings for rigid sails, the tappings (10, 11, 12, 15, 16) being located to either provided a stall warning or to enable tuning of the sailset to the desired operating angles. A particular flow-state sensitive stall warning dev...  
WO/1984/000529A1
A sail board or other small craft is equipped with a mast (10) connected by a flexible joint (9) to hull (1). This mast carries a main sail (29) and a jib sail (34). These sails are tensioned by rigging to the mast and twin booms (21 and...  
WO/1984/000135A1
A sailboat (10) comprising at least one mast (14), first and second pairs of primary half yards (26, 28) pivotally mounted on and vertically spaced apart along the mast for pivoting about the mast between first and second positions where...  
WO/1983/004235A1
The sport sails (1) which may be manoeuvered by hand, allows the propulsion and/or glide by aerodynamic lift according to the orientation of said sails as a function of the wind and with respect to a movable support (2) for the user, suc...  
WO/1983/003805A1
An improved single-boom sailing rig for sailboards, and methods of use. A curved, rotatable boom (100) is provided with a forward end set at a slight angle with respect to the chord, with a separately-rotatable camber control (110) locat...  
WO/1983/003806A1
Arrangement for a boat (1) which has a boom projecting out from a mast (2) and designed to be connected to a sail, especially on a sailing boat (1). The invention enables the boom to be prevented effectively and reliably from swinging ar...  
WO/1983/002927A1
A monohull, sport, sailing boat with fixed mast (2), centerboard , (6) and rudder (4), cat-rigged with righting moment provided by manipulation of a trapeze (18) attached high on the mast by a support line (19) of adjustable length. Stee...  
WO/1983/001934A1
A vessel having at least one hull (1) with a keel (2) intermediate the bow (4) and stern, having its rudder (5) or rudders adjacent to bow (4) forward of and spaced from the keel (2), with or without a vane or rudder at the stern.  
WO/1983/001427A1
A principal sail (1) rotates about an erect axis (2) and an auxiliary sail or vane (3) is mounted downstream of the principal sail (1). The vane (3) is mounted on a boom (4) that extends from the principal sail (1) so that the principal ...  

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