Patent ID: 8356565

Claim:
Tensioning system for a catamaran, comprising: a carrying net, between opposing hulls of a catamaran, the carrying net being fastened in a tensile-resistant manner to two mutually opposing legs of a tensioning frame, wherein one of the two opposing legs is mounted, as tensioning leg ( 5 ), in the tensioning frame so as to be rotatable about a pivot shaft ( 10 ) which is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tensioning leg, the pivot shaft extending, when the carrying net ( 6 ) is tensioned, on the side of the net at a distance from a run-off line ( 13 ) of the carrying net ( 6 ) from the tensioning leg ( 5 ), and wherein an interlocking means ( 15 ) is provided for the tensioning position of the tensioning leg ( 5 ).