WAVES ARE BEING MADE DOWN SOUTH AT THE CAPE OF STORMS
MONOHULL SAILING WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN...

Ballast Bulb - Adjustable

Invention reconfigures the conventional heavy metal bulb into a dynamic sailing appendage.

Adjustable (Rotation & Pitch)
Bulb is rotated by cables connected to linear actuators housed in the canting mechanism Rotation controls the direction of the moment of lift, while pitch changes the 'angle of attack' of foil – to increase or decrease amount of 'lift' foil generates

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Cable Drive Mechanism Positioned within Hull

Cable Drive Mechanism Exposed 1

Cable Drive Mechanism Exposed 2

Cable Drive Mechanism Detail


Cable Drive Mechanism Worm Gears & Shaft Locking	Ballast Bulb Default Position Front View	Ballast Bulb Default Position Side View


Ballast Bulb Pitched at 5° Side View	Ballast Bulb Pitched at 10° Side View	Ballast Bulb Rolled to Port at 10° Front View


Ballast Bulb Rolled to Port at 25° Front View	Ballast Bulb Rolled to Port at 60° Front View	Ballast Bulb Bi-Axial Coupling


Ballast Bulb Bi-Axial Coupling Cut-Away

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The developments described are the subject of South African Patent Numbers 2015/03490 & 2015/03491
Adjustable Ballast Bulb for a Sailing Vessel - Patent Reference No. USA - US 10,322,773 B2 / Belgium, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden - EP3297905 / Germany - 60 2016 037 150.2 / Italy - 502020000080611
Sailing Vessel - Patent Reference No. US 10,710,685 B2
Sailing Vessel - PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) WO 2016/185356
Australian Patent Ballast Bulb Granted - View Here
South African Patent Ballast Bulb Granted - View Here
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