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

Ballast Bulb - Compartmentalised

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

Compartmentalised
Bulb contains compartments which are accessed when vessel is 'on the hard'. Ballast mass 'adjustable' / variable – location for (Valve Regulated Lead Acid batteries).

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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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