Method and apparatus for reducing a heeling moment of a sailing vessel
US11827312B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63B2039/065
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Various embodiments of a sailing vessel are disclosed configured to reduce a heeling moment acting on the sailing vessel as a wind acts on a sail of the sailing vessel. Generally, a mast of the sailing vessel is allowed to cant to leeward, thus reducing the heeling moment.
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