Ships – Sail or control means therefor – Running rigging
Patent
1978-12-13
1980-10-21
Barefoot, Galen L.
Ships
Sail or control means therefor
Running rigging
114105, 114113, B63H 910
Patent
active
042287553
ABSTRACT:
A yacht foresail or mainsail support and change-over device. The support comprises at least two tracks on which said slides are slidingly captivated. The support is mounted against longitudinal movement with the lower end thereof upwardly of the lower end of the supporting fixture. A sail slide storage magazine is detachably mounted to the lower end of the support. The magazine incorporates a track(s) complementary to and abutting with the tracks of the support. Thus, a sail can be pre-loaded in the magazine and, with mounting to the support as aforesaid, raised. At the same time, conventionally immediately thereafter, a previously raised sail can be lowered into the empty magazine in readiness for re-raising or storage therewith.
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