Patent ID: 7267065

Claim:
A fully rigged sailing apparatus comprising: a vessel having a mast; a luffspar; a boom; a pair of lateral struts; and a lateen sail; a lower end of the mast mounted forward on the vessel and positioned on the vessel's longitudinal center line in a canted fashion raked aft; the boom rotationally supported in a lower journal fixedly engaged medially on the vessel at the center line; the luffspar joined pivotally with a forward end of the boom and positioned below and in parallel with the mast, the luffspar rotationally supported in an upper journal; the upper journal, upper end of the mast, and upper ends of the pair of lateral struts engaged in a common fixture held in place by the mast and the lateral struts; the upper and lower journals arranged on a common journal center line; lower ends of the lateral struts engaged with the vessel at the port and starboard gunnels, the sail engaged along a luff edge thereof with the luffspar and along a toe edge thereof with the boom.