Steering device for a recreational catamaran with sails, with a steering position facing the direction of travel

Abstract

A steering device notably for a recreational catamaran of the type propelled by at least one sail, the steering position facing the direction of travel, comprising two floats provided with two port and starboard rudder blades, rotatably mounted about a substantially vertical axis. The steering device includes directional members of a port and starboard control horn at the rudder blade head, an arrangement for moving cables with a pivoting steering lever with a foot and two outer and inner control cables, as a closed circuit.

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         32 . A steering device notably for a recreational catamaran of the type propelled by at least one sail, the steering position facing the direction of travel, comprising:
 two floats provided with two port and starboard rudder blades, rotatably mounted about a substantially vertical axis,   directional means of a port and starboard control horn at the rudder blade head,   means for moving cables with a pivoting steering lever with a user's foot, and   two outer and inner control cables,   
       as a closed circuit. 
     
     
         33 . The steering device according to  claim 32 , wherein the means for moving cables comprise a pendulum integral with the pivoting steering lever. 
     
     
         34 . The steering device according to  claim 32 , wherein the means for moving cables comprise a plug sliding on the foot of the pivoting steering lever. 
     
     
         35 . The steering device according to  claim 33 , wherein the pendulum is a grooved half-pulley integral with a control lever passing through its median axis and pivotally mounted in the transverse plane. 
     
     
         36 . The steering device according to  claim 33 , wherein the means for moving cables are pivotally mounted relative to an intermediate beam placed transversely to the two floats in its middle and below. 
     
     
         37 . The steering device according to  claim 32 , wherein the outer cable circuit is comprised as follows:
 connection to a port attachment point on starboard side control horn,   returns forward to go through a return point, in a known manner,   goes through a groove of a pendulum where cable is blocked,   returns aft via a return point,   connection to a starboard attachment point on starboard side control horn, the inner cable circuit is comprised as follows:   connection to a starboard attachment point on port side control horn,   returns forward to go through a return point, in a known manner,   goes outside the groove of pendulum,   returns aft via a return point,   connection to a port attachment point on starboard side control horn.   
     
     
         38 . The steering device according to  claim 37 , wherein return points are pulleys. 
     
     
         39 . The steering device according to  claim 37 , wherein the strands defined by the connection point of the port side control horn/return point, and point of the port side control horn/return point are parallel, and the strands defined by the connection point of the starboard side control horn/return point, and point of the port side control horn/return point are parallel. 
     
     
         40 . The steering device according to  claim 37 , wherein the strands defined by the connecting point of the port side control horn/return point, and the point of the port side control horn/return point are separated by a distance, in line with the control horn and a second distance, in line with the pulleys, and the strands defined by the connecting point of the starboard side control horn/return point, and the point of the starboard side control horn/return point are separated by a distance, in line with the control horn and a second distance, in line with the pulleys. 
     
     
         41 . The steering device according to  claim 32 , wherein the control horns are, in a neutral position, substantially perpendicular to the bisector of the angle formed by the inner and outer cable strands of each side. 
     
     
         42 . The steering device according to  claim 32 , wherein the control horns are rotated clockwise for the port side control horn and counterclockwise for the starboard control horn, in relation to the direction of travel. 
     
     
         43 . The steering device according to  claim 42 , wherein the control horns are over-rotated by an additional angle of between 10° and 20°, clockwise for the port side control horn and counterclockwise for the starboard side control horn. 
     
     
         44 . The steering device according to  claim 43 , wherein the additional angle is 13°. 
     
     
         45 . An arrangement for a recreational catamaran of the type propelled by at least one sail, the steering position facing the direction of travel, which can be disassembled capable of receiving a steering device according to  claim 32 , comprising:
 two floats;   a forward beam interposed between the two floats, with two plugs,   two forward housings configured to receive said two plugs simply by slotting together,   an aft beam having ends extending to form plugs,   two aft housings configured to receive said two plugs simply by slotting together,   the two pairs of forward and aft housings having different tilt orientations.   
     
     
         46 . An arrangement notably for a recreational catamaran of the type propelled by at least one sail integral with a mast comprising at least one forward beam interposed between two floats, the beam being of the triangulated truss type with at least one tie beam and two trusses forming an isosceles triangle and provided with receiving means for receiving said mast, wherein the receiving means comprise at least one flange placed at the top of the beam. 
     
     
         47 . The arrangement according to  claim 46 , wherein the receiving means comprise a fixed part receiving the mast and a movable, hinged part which grips said mast. 
     
     
         48 . The arrangement according to  claim 46 , wherein the receiving means comprise a base hinge integral with the tie beam of the forward beam, with a part integral with the foot of the mast and a part integral with the tie beam. 
     
     
         49 . The arrangement according to  claim 46 , wherein the mast is inserted in the receiving means over a height of about one tenth of the height of the mast. 
     
     
         50 . The arrangement according to  claim 46 , further comprising mechanical means prohibiting movements of the mast upwardly relative to said flange. 
     
     
         51 . The arrangement according to  claim 46 , wherein the flange is open towards a front of the catamaran.