DK177486A - SAILING EVENT - Google Patents

Abstract

A sail arrangement, which provides a large number of possible adjustments in that both the position of the sail for the angle of incidence and the profile of the sail can be varied, comprises a mast 2 and upper and lower elongated transverse elements 6, 7, fitted at an interval, which are fixed to the mast 2. The arrangement furthermore comprises track elements, which connect the first ends of the upper and lower elements and two panels 5a, 5b of sail material, of which one panel is fitted on either side of the mast 2, both panels being connected to the track elements 13 by means of runners in order to allow the sail panels to be rolled up. In the two sail panels, the sail battens 22, 23 are fitted in pockets, and the leading ends of the sail battens 22, 23 are fixed in order to counteract pressures acting in a longitudinal direction, when these are applied to the sail battens in order to induce bending thereof. The sail battens in the respective sail panels are aligned in order to produce sail battens which, at their ends projecting from the sail batten pockets, are connected to one another but moveable in relation to one another, and furthermore so as to produce elements which can apply the pressure acting on the sail battens in the longitudinal direction in a position remote from the first end thereof, in order therefore to alter the profile of the bent frames forming the sail panels. <IMAGE>