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Daggerboards

A conventional sailing vessel utilises the keel-fin to impart lateral resistance which counters leeward drift. The fin of a keel which cants thus has a reduced ability to generate lateral resistance. Canting keels therefore utilise deploying retractable daggerboards to generate lateral resistance. Mechanical canting design is configured to incorporate 'foiled' (cylindrical/conical) daggerboards. Rotation of the canting mechanism deploys the leeward daggerboard while retracting the windward daggerboard.

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Daggerboards 1

Daggerboards 2

Keel Attachment to Daggerboards

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Mechanical Canting Keel

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Topmast - Backstay Configuration

Mechanical Canting Mast

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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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