Title:
SAILING BOAT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001000483
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a sailing vessel comprising a hull (1), two outriggers (2), one on either side of the hull, a rudder (5), and rigging (4) supporting at least one sail (40). It is characteristic of the invention that it further comprises wings (3) secured to the outriggers (2) and arranged to be located below the surface of the water during sailing, the leeward wing arranged, as the vessel moves through water, to exert an upwards directed force and the windward wing arranged to exert a downwards directed force to counteract the rotational force from the sails.
Inventors:
BERGMARK PONTUS (SE)
Application Number:
PCT/SE2000/001344
Publication Date:
April 19, 2001
Filing Date:
June 26, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
POLYMER KOMPOSITER I GOETEBORG (SE)
BERGMARK PONTUS (SE)
BERGMARK PONTUS (SE)
International Classes:
B63B1/32; B63B39/06; B63H9/06; B63H9/10; B63H25/38; (IPC1-7): B63B39/06
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