RIGGING Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: sail shipbuilding; design and manufacture of high-efficiency soft sails of wing-shaped form. SUBSTANCE: opening sections are interconnected by means of door hinge joints; this joint is closed over leading edge of mast by flexible fairing; mast is provided with boom with latch on its end for locking both sections in folded position which are provided with spring for their opening mounted on inner surface; each section is provided with U-shaped laths rigidly secured at one end; other end of each lath is freely arranged in container which is formed by convex profile of mast; rigging consists of four soft sails arranged in this container in folded position and in pairs at top and bottom in each section; each soft sail is located independently and is provided with pockets for putting them on U-shaped laths in setting the sail over boom. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 13 dwg