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6691632 Sailing craft stable when airborne  
A wind propelled vehicle comprising: (a) an assembly of airfoils fixedly joined; (b) all-moveable rudder and horizontal stabilizer, or suitable substitute, for aerodynamic yaw and pitch control;...
6675735 Hydrofoil sail craft  
A sailing craft including a single hydrofoil assembly, an aerofoil assembly, and a hull assembly with a rigid beam interconnecting the hydrofoil assembly, the aerofoil assembly, and the hull...
6141809 Wing profile sail  
A wing profile sail is in the form of a sailcloth which defines an airfoil-shaped space, which is filled with air through openings or one-way closing mechanisms. At the sail's luff (1) there is...
6070545 Sails for sailboats having self-tacking leech flaps  
In an improved sail for a sailboat, the trailing edges of a pair of flaps of a conventional sail material are attached to the trailing edge of the sail, one on each side; the leading edges of the...
5435259 Rein-deer kite and its control systems  
What has been created is a new device that is used to take benefits from the energy of the high altitude winds for purposes of doing work and to produce usable and storable energy such as...
5113775 Aero hydrofoil sail boat  
A high-speed, ultrastable, wind propelled watercraft employs an airfoil for propulsion and buoyant hydrofoils for support. A buoyant keel/rudder is rotatably mounted to a boom which horizontally...
5046440 Sail rig and staysail system  
A sail rig for a sailing vessel or a vessel provided with auxiliary sail propulsion comprises a mast, a continuous yard/boom provided on the mast, a backstay, a main sail located between the mast...
4947775 Water air interface vehicle  
A water and air supported vehicle propelled by the wind. The vehicle includes a long narrow hull (30) that displaces water at low speeds and a plurality of hydrolfoils (36) distending from the hull...
4924794 Sail  
In its preferred form the present invention comprises an aerofoil sail having tensioned battens and an internal web structure to maintain an aerodynamically efficient shape.
4848258 Airfoil sailing system  
An airfoil system for use on water vessels is described. A plurality of fore and aft symmetrical sails are arranged to form an asymmetrical two surface airfoil. The individual sails may be rotated...
4843987 Heel counteracting airfoil  
A wing type airfoil is used to propel a vessel. The airfoil comprises a mast, a counterbalancing airfoil and a driving airfoil. The mast is elongate and has upper and lower portions, the lower...
4796554 Sailboat  
The invention relates to a sailboat in which the hull is defined by cross-sections forming equilateral triangles standing on one tip with convex sides and which continuously decrease in size toward...
4708075 Multi-hull sailboat with fixed airfoils  
A three hulled sailboat consists of a tripod frame having three downwardly inclined spars which define support points at their distal ends. During the sailing of the boat, one support point is...
4703707 Sails and sailing vessels  
A sail assembly comprising a mast, spaced apart lateral upper and a lower elongated members fixed to the mast, a track joining first ends of the upper and lower members, two panels of sail material...
4685410 Wing sail  
An airfoil sail system for a boat having a mast is disclosed. The airfoil sail system includes a front airfoil which is pivotal about an axis defined by the mast. The front airfoil has leading and...
4637331 Sail and sailing rig  
A sail and sailing rig smoothes the flow of air past a conventional mast and onto the sail, thereby enhancing the power of the sail. The sail includes a sail body having a mast-enveloping portion...
4624203 Batten structure for a wing sail  
The invention provides a batten structure which can be placed inside a double sided sail to provide a so-called "wing" sail having an airfoil section which can be close to an ideal airfoil on...
4562784 Sailing craft  
A sailing craft having hydrodynamically shaped catamaran hulls and tapered configuration rudder assemblies attached to each hull. Low draft keels are attached to the fore one-half bottom portions...
4530301 Variable camber air-foil for a vessel  
The present invention entails a variable camber airfoil assembly mounted on a vessel and having a pivotably mounted rigid leading edge member. The rigid leading edge member includes an elongated...
4473023 Relating to wingsail craft and wingsails therefor  
A wingsail assembly in which the pivoting mounting is situated in line with a strengthened portion of the sail assembly such as a strengthened leading edge of a sail element while still retaining...
4437426 Wing type air foil assembly  
The present invention relates to a wing type air foil assembly that is adapted to be utilized by boats or vessels, or even vehicles, that is designed to function in the same general manner as a...
4432298 Hydrofoil sailing craft  
A hydrofoil sailboat comprises forward and aft surface piercing hydrofoils and an asymmetrical wingsail. Both hydrofoils have an inverted arch configuration and have a cross-section which is...
4386574 Sail assembly of variable profile, reversible and collapsible  
A sail assembly of variable profile, reversible and collapsible, comprising a mast on which are mounted ribs set apart one from the other, each one being constituted of two flexible laths joined...
4263861 Sailing craft  
In a sailing craft, in which the foot of a sail is attached to a yard pivoted on a boom, itself pivoted on the mast, this sail, provided to be of single or double-thickness, preferably comprising a...
4230060 Sailing system  
A mast is mounted onto a boat for 360° rotation about its longitudinal axis, relative to the sailboat and the rigging for the mast. The rigging braces the mast against buckling and comprises a...
3934533 Aerofoil or hydrofoil  
A reversible aerofoil or hydrofoil has a central panel with lateral panels hinged thereto. The section of the central panel is symmetrical on either side of a central axis and the lateral panels...
3844238 SAILING BOATS WITH RIGID SAILS  
A sailing craft has a rigid sail assembly mounted for free rotation about an upright axis and a tail vane rotatably carried on the assembly for adjusting the incidence of upright aerofoil elements...
3802366 HYDROFOIL SAILBOAT  
A hydrofoil sailing craft including a main hull flanked by a pair of outrigger hulls extending forwardly of the main hull. The outrigger hulls mount depending hydrofoils which extend downwardly and...
3800724 WINGED SAILING CRAFT  
A sailing craft comprises: A. a body, and B. first and second elongated wings carried by the body, the first wing extending generally upright and the second wing extending generally laterally at...
3381647 Full airfoil sail  
3332383 Variable camber airfoil  
3132620 Sailboat  
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