Patent ID: 7900569

Claim:
Pedestal for a sailing boat, comprising a casing and, inside said casing: at least one driving wheel associated with a motion input shaft; at least one driven wheel associated with a motion output shaft, and at least one motion transmission element from said at least one driving wheel to said at least one driven wheel, and further comprising, inside said casing, a speed variation system selectively activatable to vary the rotation speed of said motion output shaft with respect to that of said motion input shaft, characterized in that the speed variation system comprises: a first driving wheel associated with said motion input shaft and a first driven wheel associated with said motion output shaft operatively connected with each other through a first motion transmission element to form a first motion transmission group; and a second driving wheel associated with said motion input shaft and a second driven wheel associated with said motion output shaft operatively connected with each other through a second motion transmission element to form a second motion transmission group; and wherein at least one from said first and second driving wheels and said first and second driven wheels has a diameter different from the other wheels, and wherein said speed variation system comprises actuating means actuatable to selectively activate one of said first and second motion transmission groups.