Patent ID: 6959659

Claim:
In a sailing catamaran characterized by a starboard and port hull fixed in a generally parallel alignment relative each other by a bridging piece spanning therebetween including an arm pivotally connected to said bridging piece to extend forwardly therefrom and having the free end thereof engaged to a third pontoon for pivotal translation thereof ahead of a selected one of said starboard or port hulls, the improvement comprising: a triangulated truss assembly connected across said starboard and port hulls in alignment over said bridging piece including a mount at the apex thereof; a mast defined by an upper end and a lower end slidably engaged along the length thereof to said mount and having the lower end thereof engaged to said arm distal of the free end thereof; a forestay connected between said mast, at a point above said mount, and the free end of said arm; a mainsail mounted on said mast; and a headsail mounted on said forestay.