Patent ID: 8656632

Claim:
A line management system for a surface vessel, comprising: an outrigger structure; a plurality of outrigger cords; a plurality of cord management units coupled to the outrigger structure, said cord management units being longitudinally spaced one from the other along the outrigger structure, each of said cord management units defining a plurality of cord passages transversely offset one from the other, said cord passages respectively guiding predetermined ones of said outrigger cords to extend substantially in parallel to the outrigger structure so as to extend through respective ones of said cord passages of at least two of said plurality of cord management units and remain independently displaceable longitudinally relative to the outrigger structure; and a plurality of retention devices, each of said retention devices coupled to one of said outrigger cords, each of said retention devices defining a retention point for advancing a line longitudinally along the outrigger structure responsive to displacement of said one of said outrigger cords.