Patent ID: 6575107
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
A swinging rig for a sailing boat, comprising:a mast defined by a vertical axis passing through a deck of the sailing boat to a keel, supported by a wide base adjacent the deck and rotatably supported by bearings, said mast also supported by a second bearing being adjacent the keel, capable of rotating 360Â° around itself, and capable of supporting the rig which it rotates simultaneously, a boom, a main sail bent to the mast and to the boom, a yard prolongation of the boom in front of the mast, and a jib bent to the mast and to the yard, wherein said yard and said boom are connected to said wide base by a plurality of intermediate connecting structures, said boom being connected to the rig by means comprising a hinged junction around a horizontal axis such that in a horizontal plane the boom must rotate simultaneously with the rest of the rig and is movable up and down, the means further comprising a flexible or rigid main sail sheet connected to the rest of the rig which can push or pull.