Patent ID: 6766753
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A pre-feeder for guiding a main sail into a slot on a sail boat mast, comprisingfirst and second retention members mounted below the slot on the, sail boat mast, wherein the first and second retention members are spaced from each other by a distance small enough to retain a luft rope, but large enough to allow easy sliding of the main sail through the pre-feeder, an adjustment mechanism that permits alteration of the distance between the retention members so that the luft rope can be selectively released and re-engaged by the pre-feeder, at least one hinge connected to one of the retention members, and permitting the retention member to be repositioned, thereby altering the distance between the retention members, and a screw threaded through a collar so that location of the screw causes pivotal movement of one of the retention members around the hinge.