COUPLING AND DECOUPLING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IN-BOOM FURLING BOOM SAILS

摘要

The invention relates to a method for automatically coupling and decoupling the luff (14) of a battened mainsail (1) and stackable luff holders (16) as the connecting link between the sail luff (14) and mast guiding slides (3), thereby allowing the now free sail luff (14) to be reefed up by means of an in-boom furling boom (8) and allowing the battened mainsail (1) to be hoisted and reefed by means of mast guiding slides (3) (Fig. 1).