Patent ID: 6148753
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
A method of providing a change in the shape of a foresail from a spinnaker shape to that of a jib, comprising:providing a spinnaker with a tensioning line from the head of the spinnaker to a position a predetermined distance from the tack thereof between the center of the foot of the spinnaker and the tack of the spinnaker, said line being in a sleeve attached to the sail between the head and foot of the spinnaker; and,pulling on the tensioning line to form a jib, with the luff thereof made rigid by the tensioned line such that the spinnaker material ahead of the tensioning line falls to leeward and lies against the portion of the sail aft of the tensioning line in a smooth manner to provide an appropriately shaped jib, with the tensioning line serving as a forestay to maintain the luff thereof in position, whereby a single sail can be made to function as a spinnaker and a jib.