US 12,065,222 B2
Method, apparatus and system for recovering a sailing vessel
Chris Todter, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to SubSeaSail, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by SubSeaSail LLC, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/560,093.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/128,944, filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194528 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B63B 39/02 (2006.01); B63B 79/15 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01)
CPC B63B 39/02 (2013.01) [B63B 79/15 (2020.01); B63B 79/40 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for autonomous submerging and resurfacing of a sailing vessel, comprising:
determining, by a processor of the sailing vessel, an occurrence of a predetermined event;
in response to determining the occurrence, causing, by the processor, a hull of the sailing vessel to completely submerge beneath water;
determining, by the processor, that an attitude of a mast of the sailing vessel is less than a predetermined angle; and
in response to determining that the attitude of the mast is less than the predetermined angle, causing, by the processor, the hull to surface.