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Patent No.:

US 6662738 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:

David Allen Estabrooks, Newburyport, MA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 9/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 9/04 ;
Abstract

A lifting-sail rig and method comprising airfoils, or efficient aerodynamically shaped leading edge soft sails, supported by an improved non-interfering fixed mast rig positioned away from the lifting-sail for increased aerodynamic efficiency and ease of sail or airfoil control. Stable sailboat performance is achieved at a higher speed for multihulls and widened beam monohulls for supporting the lifting-sail rig. The improved lifting-sail rig balances the large wind driven forces that have resulted in the capsizing of conventional monohull sailboats, and the pitch poling of multihulls.


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Estabrooks, David. (2003). Lifting-sail boat apparatus and method (U.S. Patent No. 6662738). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6662738

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