Light sailing vehicle with movably mounted mast

Claim 1

A vehicle equipped with a frame including a plurality of parallel cross members including a front and back cross member, oppositely disposed parallel longitudinally extending rods joined to said plurality of cross members, a mast secured at one end to said front cross member, at least one sail fixed on said mast and attached on a boom having a trailing portion including a tack, a two-legged support means forming an inverted V, said two-legged support means mounted at a lower end thereof for slidable movement on said oppositely disposed longitudinally extending rods, said mast being supported for articulation approximately at its middle part by an upper end of said two-legged support means, and at its lower end in such a manner as to assume a longitudinal position which is regulatable in order to vary the rake of the mast, and said mast includes a foot having roller means arranged to roll along said front cross member mounted forward of said longitudinally extending rods to thereby enable said mast to move laterally along said front cross member and the trailing portion of said boom is guided along a control means.