Ships – Displacement-type hull – Multiple hulls
Patent
1991-04-22
1994-04-12
Oberleitner, Robert J.
Ships
Displacement-type hull
Multiple hulls
114 391, B63B 100
Patent
active
053016238
ABSTRACT:
A catamaran sailing vessel has both of its hulls articulated to provide substantially equal length forward and aft hull sections that are pivotally connected to one another about axes parallel to the yaw axis. A rigid deck structure spans the two hulls and is pivoted about axes parallel to the yaw axis to the aft sections of each articulated hull. The deck structure is pivotally and slidably connected to the forward sections of the two hulls to enable rotation of these relative to the deck structure about axes parallel to the yaw axis and to allow the forward hull sections to slide relative to the deck structure about axes parallel to the roll axis of a vessel. A cross member is transversely shiftably mounted on the deck structure and is pivoted to the articulated hull sections on their pivot axes so that when the cross member is driven toward one side or the other the two hulls will bend in unison. A longitudinal strut is fixed to and extends forwardly of the deck structure for mounting a forestay for the mast that is stepped onto a forward portion of the deck structure.
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Bartz Clifford T.
Oberleitner Robert J.
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