Abstract A sailing indicator to indicate optimum pointing angle when sailing to weather and most efficient sail-trim setting for reaching and running. The indicator is in the form of a ribbon or tell-tale material which is attached to the sail a suitable distance aft of the luff and preferably simply by way of an adhesive disc or the like to adhesively secure the ribbon to the sail. Similar ribbons are attached optionally back to back on opposite sides of the sail; and by means of similar adhesive strips, the ribbons can be secured to a stay or shroud line simply by folding the adhesive member or part around the line with the ribbon around the line underneath the adhesive member, or by means of a double-faced adhesive there-between leaving in either event, two free ribbon parts in free-flowing juxtaposition. The ribbons fly substantially in face to face relationship, and in so doing, they do not individually or collectively become fouled or entangled with themselves or the surrounding rigging to which they are attached, or which is there-adjacent.
A sailing indicator for a sailing vessel having a sail and rigging provided with support surfaces comprising: a pair of thin flat strips of flexible material; adhesive tab means adhered to one end of each of said strips and adhesively securing said end in face-to-face contact with a said support surface, said support surfaces being opposite faces of said sail and said strips being secured by said tabs to said opposite faces, respectively, in mutually opposed relation with said one end of said strips being directly opposed to each other, the other ends of said strips being free to trail in the wind; said tab means each comprising a tab of material having an adhesive on one surface thereof and a slit therethrough, said one end of a strip extending through said slit into engagement with said adhesive.
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Dependent Claim
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A sailing indicator for a sailing vessel having a sail and rigging provided with support surfaces comprising: a pair of thin flat strips of flexible material; adhesive tab means adhered to one end of each of said strips and adhesively securing said end in face-to-face contact with a said support surface, said support surfaces being opposite faces of said sail and said strips being secured by said tabs to said opposite faces, respectively, in mutually opposed relation with said one end of said strips being directly opposed to each other, the other ends of said strips being free to trail in the wind; said tab means each comprising a tab of material having an adhesive on one surface thereof and a slit therethrough, said one end of a strip extending through said slit into engagement with said adhesive.