Sailboat construction

Details Sailboat construction Sailboat construction

1975-04-07

1977-06-07

Blix, Trygve M.

Ships

Steering mechanism

Rudders

114 61, 114280, B63H 2506

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040276147

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is comprised of a high speed sailboat partially or completely supported by canted retractable hydrofoils with or without an antiheel device. The antiheel device consists of controllable stabilizers mounted on rudders and provides inherent pitch direction stability and manual control of attitude and motion in the lateral, heel and pitch directions. The antiheel device is applicable to both displacement and dynamic supported sailboats.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2858788 (1958-11-01), Lyman
patent: 3147730 (1964-09-01), Specht
patent: 3788257 (1974-01-01), Miller
patent: 3796175 (1974-03-01), Ford, Jr. et al.

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