Patent ID: 7293517

Claim:
An apparatus for stacking cars carrying the sail of a sail boat, comprising a track along which said cars ride, the track comprising a first, generally straight, vertical upper section having one track rail, said first vertical upper section carrying most of the sail when said sail propels the sailboat and a second lower section including at least a port and a starboard generally straight, vertical storage track rail, said second lower section at least port and starboard storage track rails being below said first section and carrying the sail on said port and starboard tracks storage track rails storing most of said sail when the sail is not propelling the sailboat but is stowed, and guide structure means thereon for guiding cars to opposite tracks rails of the at least port and starboard storage track rails of said lower section, said guide means requiring no user input to produce the stacking of said cars on said at least port and starboard track rails of said lower section when said sail is lowered, said guide means requiring no user input to return the cars to a single file on said first generally straight vertical upper section one track rail, when raising said sail and said cars from said at least port and starboard track rails, of said lower section said cars being stored on said at least port and starboard storage track rails and effectively reducing by about at least one half the vertical height of the stacked cars in their lowest positions when the sail is stowed were the at least port and starboard storage tracks not used.