The invention relates to a "wing" type rigid sail made up of independent segments. The general principle involves dividing up the rigid sail in order to obtain as many segments that can be oriented independently of their neighbors. The sail profile is controlled by means of two independent and complementary devices. At the front of the sail, the segments are interconnected by means of a process that uses the angle that each segment can adopt with respect to its neighbors. At the back, the "sheet" connects each segment from top to bottom, such that it is possible to control the opening of the sail while retaining the desired flexibility of profile.
Segmented rigid sail
2018-07-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING |
Engineering Index Backfile | 1968