: Mladen Milidragovic from Vancouver, BC, Canada.

: http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/5868092.html - Patent info and
: drawings

: http://www.wingsails.com/index.htm - Mladen's original wingsail
: website is much changed,
: but still includes pictures of his soft ( inflatable bladder )
: shape shifting wingsail and a kayak sailing video.

: I have 2 dacron wingsails (26sq ft each) based on his design and
: made with his permission.

: The bladders are inflatable pool noodles as I recall. I made 2 take
: apart aluminum masts for a guy in Cleveland
: to use on his two masted ACA racing canoe, and he made me the
: wingsails. I lost interest before completing my
: folding sailing kayak with amas, and never tried the wingsails.

: My interest is once again peaked. Since I already have the
: wingsails, I'm going to give this conceot a try on my new
: woodstrip Sea Bee.
: That's assuming I can find the box where I packed away the sails
: several years ago :)

: Tom

Hi Tom,

It's a nice write up, but the most advanced racing sails are on the Little America's Cup boats, not the big AC boats.

If you look up the specs on these cats it's crazy.

http://catsailingnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/c-class-little-americas-cup-2010.html

Bill H.