Sail storage and reefing device

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EP 0 076 878 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	09.11.1983 Bulletin 1983/45

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	20.04.1983 Bulletin 1983/16

(21)	Application number: 81110413

(22)	Date of filing: 14.12.1981

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT NL SE

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Priority:

08.10.1981 AU 111781
23.11.1981 AU 166281

(71)	Applicant: Hutton, Carl Joseph Michael
	()

(72)	Inventor:
	Hutton, Carl Joseph Michael ()

(54)	Sail storage and reefing device

(57) A device for reefing and storing a sail comprises a hollow mast (1), and a rotatable wind-up member (27) inside the mast to which the sail (8) may be attached. Tracks (6, 6') and a top pulley (15a) are provided on the wind-up member for raising the sail up the wind-up member. The sail is reefed by rotating the wind-up member to wind the sail around it and draw the sail into the mast through a slot (5) in the mast.
The wind-up member is usually rotatably mounted on a tensioned central wire (20) or rod.

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