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by jean63 » 25/01/08, 18:09

indy49 wrote:
Christophe wrote:Y was a topic on the SkySails JT FR2 from January 23 2008.
We will try to put on EconoTV

400 000 € the system anyway ... : Shock: but good profitable in 3 years according to the "calculations" ...


remains to mount the system on cars and trains
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It's still awesome! I'm curious to know if it works regardless of the wind direction. In headwind, they are forced to tack ?? Finally, if it works in most cases, it is well!

it only works in tailwind. See the FR2 news report shown here: it's easy; go to the FR2 site.
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by Chatham » 25/01/08, 18:27

indy49 wrote:It's still awesome! I'm curious to know if it works regardless of the wind direction. In headwind, they are forced to tack ?? Finally, if it works in most cases, it is well!


No, it only works if the wind is "downwind" up to ~ 50 ° from the axis, beyond that the drift is too important, in short it is of limited interest ... Otherwise to "go upwind" with a "real" modern sailboat, you have to tack at ~ 40 ° from the wind axis, which considerably increases the route: no interest in a freighter with "assistance" sailing, the main propulsion still being diesel ...
Note that the old commercial sailboats were easy to fill
~ 18 knots if the wind was there ...
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by Christophe » 25/01/08, 21:48

jean63 wrote:it only works in tailwind. See the FR2 news report shown here: it's easy; go to the FR2 site.


Ben wind is still statistically 50% of the time ...
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by bham » 26/01/08, 11:27

Christophe wrote:
Ben wind is still statistically 50% of the time ...

that is an Alsatian who has never sailed! : Lol:
Headwind, tailwind. And the cross wind then, what do you do with it?
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by Pierre-Yves » 26/01/08, 13:05

Damn ! I thought I would put my answer in this column, but I put it in "Modern WindShip: The Return of the Sailing Navy?"

https://www.econologie.com/forums/post68984.html#68984

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by Leo Maximus » 26/01/08, 14:04

The sailing freighter "Shin Aitoku Maru" was the subject of a Thalassa report in the 80s. It should perhaps be seen on the INA website.
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by Misterloxo » 27/01/08, 22:18

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by abyssin3 » 28/01/08, 11:14

There is also a solar cargo ship in prototype / project I believe ...
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by Leo Maximus » 29/01/08, 19:30

AMHA, this thing smells like a scam. 400000 euros I would not buy : Lol:

The "Cutty Sark" needed nearly a third of a hectare of sails for an equivalent displacement.

See the characteristics of the "Belem":
http://www.fondationbelem.com/caracteristiques.htm

And also those of "Sedov":
http://www.visite-virtuelle.com/sedov/
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by Pierre-Yves » 29/01/08, 20:56

Leo Maximus wrote:AMHA, this thing smells like a scam. 400000 euros I would not buy


Not at all ! The SkySails system is of a very high technicality, with lots of inertial units to know at all times the position of the sail and operate motors to stabilize it. The kite must stand in the air absolutely on its own. It is a technological feat.

Now, this system is only valid for the rack. It is therefore valid on certain courses, on the Atlantic and the Pacific ... unless you sail with the wind, when there are!
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