Patent ID: 7207259

Claim:
Sailboat onboard actuating system, comprising: an actuator ( 100 comprising: a piston ( 2 ) slidably mounted within a cylinder ( 1 ) and movable between a first operating position, in which said piston ( 2 ) is at a first end portion ( 3 a ) of said cylinder ( 1 ), and a second operating position, in which said piston ( 2 ) is at a second end portion ( 3 b ) of said cylinder ( 1 ); hydraulic means ( 101 , 15 ) for supplying a pressurised working fluid at said first end portion ( 3 a ), said pressurised working fluid being adapted to cause said piston ( 2 ) to move from said first operating position to said second operating position; pneumatic means ( 102 , 11 , 13 ) for supplying a pressurised gas at said second end portion ( 3 b ), said pressurised gas being adapted to cause the piston ( 2 ) to move from said second operating position to said first operating position; and an onboard device ( 200 ) actuatable by said actuator ( 100 ).