EP 0784563 A1 19970723 - HIGH SPEED SAILING DEVICE
Title (en)
HIGH SPEED SAILING DEVICE
Title (de)
HOCHGESCHWINDIGKEITSSEGELVORRICHTUNG
Title (fr)
ENGIN DE NAVIGATION A GRANDE VITESSE
Publication
Application
Priority
NL 9400251 W 19941012
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9611840A1] A sailing device comprising a hull structure (1), a fin structure (2) and a sail system (3). The sail system (3) is arranged to be trimmed with its foot portion (4) to leeward of its upper portion (5) and for generating a wind resultant force including an upward lift component. The fin structure (2) is adapted for generating a lift having a downward component. During sailing in stronger winds, the downward component of the lift generated by the fin structure opposes the upward lift component of the wind resultant force, enabling to carry sails generating an upward lift component larger than the gravity forces exerted onto the device, without the device being lifted out of the water. Thus a substantially improved driving force to water displacement ratio can be achieved, so in principle higher speeds can be achieved than with known sailing device.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
CPC (source: EP)
B63B 1/125 (2013.01); B63H 9/06 (2013.01); B63B 2015/0033 (2013.01); B63B 2015/0075 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9611840A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9611840 A1 19960425; AU 1078795 A 19960506; DE 69419783 D1 19990902; EP 0784563 A1 19970723; EP 0784563 B1 19990728
DOCDB simple family (application)
NL 9400251 W 19941012; AU 1078795 A 19941012; DE 69419783 T 19941012; EP 95901630 A 19941012