Spinnaker launching and dousing device

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1987-07-13

1989-05-23

Basinger, Sherman D.

Ships

Sail or control means therefor

Reefing and furling

B63H 910

Patent

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048319490

ABSTRACT:
A spinnaker sail is furled by bunching the edges of the sail together edgewise and holding the edges in a compact bunch by a furling line. The spinnaker is unfurled by hoisting the spinnaker to the top of the mast, releasing the furling line, and pulling the lower corners of the spinnaker downward. The furling line extends through circumferentially spaced guides extending around the periphery of the sail. In a preferred form, one end of the furling line is fastened to a first guide at the bottom of the sail and extends from the first guide sequentially through the other guides spaced around the periphery of the sail and back through said first guide to receive a tension force areally compressing the sail edgewise into a compact bunch which is held in place by the furling line.

REFERENCES:
patent: 23440 (1859-04-01), Benson
patent: 211712 (1879-01-01), Dickenson
patent: 2544770 (1951-03-01), Willis

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