Title:
SAILING WATERCRAFT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/123639
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A sailing watercraft includes a hull (12), a mast extending from the hull, a starboard outrigger (14) extending from the hull, a port outrigger (16) extending from the hull, first (18) and second hull foils (20) extending from the hull and spaced from each other along the axis of the hull (12), an outrigger foil (22) extending from each of the starboard (14) and port outriggers (16), and means for varying the inclination or shape of each outrigger foil (22), in use, to vary the lift applied by the outrigger foils (22). In essence, the sailing trimaran (10) incules foils (22) on: (i) two outriggers (14, 16), (ii) the boat hull (12); and (iii) the boat stem.
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Inventors:
BULLOCK NORMAN CYRIL REX (ZA)
Application Number:
PCT/ZA2016/000001
Publication Date:
March 02, 2017
Filing Date:
January 13, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BULLOCK NORMAN CYRIL REX (ZA)
International Classes:
B63B3/38; B63B1/28
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1993009994A1 | 1993-05-27 |
Foreign References:
| GB1348698A | 1974-03-20 | |||
| EP2353991A2 | 2011-08-10 | |||
| US4561371A | 1985-12-31 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SIBANDA & ZANTWIJK (ZA)
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