Maybe it will work out, but only with subsidies of some sort. To me and
most others who have looked hard at this idea in the past it is a publicity
exercise lacking a sound economic basis. (I have been involved in
analysing sailing ships professionally, and have another friends who worked
on
From: Robert Lynn
Wind turbines on the ship would probably make more sense, as
at least they will work in any wind direction (even travelling straight into
the wind), as well as in port.
I agree that wind turbines make way more sense than sails or
Also consider the Flettner rotor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship
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Also consider circulation controlled airfoils:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosail
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controlled airfoils:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosail
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