The recently finished tender design shows a ship equipped with six wing sails that runs in parallel across the deck. Read more: www.theoceanbird.com/blog/a-b...
With plenty of space on the wings for a Jolly Roger, and a naked lady out front. :) But seriously, the machinery will be massively heavy, and moving parts really suck, and the wind is often not suitable for sailing, and it will add a big heeling force so passengers are out. This is one of those times, when I think the idea of a modern vessel with solid, computer-controlled sails, is infinitely superior to the reality. The sheer expense of bracing these things, and all that mass up top would be a big issue. The slowness of their response could be a very big issue. Maintaining them would be problematic, no matter what they're made of. You'd have all the problems of modern wind turbines, but on a mobile, salt-laden platform! It would seem to be on an absolute knife edge, whether they could reduce the total cost of ownership over the lifespan of the vessel - because adding a second mode of power is exceedingly expensive on a boat. And you need additional crew to manage and maintain them while underway. The operating expenses would not be low. I look forward to seeing if anyone has balls big enough to invest in such a "modern" design.
This design seems overly complex, but depowering the sails should be relatively quick by de-cambering the flaps, same as a wingsail America's Cup boat. And/or reducing angle of attack (pointing the wing into the wind more).
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With plenty of space on the wings for a Jolly Roger, and a naked lady out front. :)
But seriously, the machinery will be massively heavy, and moving parts really suck, and the wind is often not suitable for sailing, and it will add a big heeling force so passengers are out.
This is one of those times, when I think the idea of a modern vessel with solid, computer-controlled sails, is infinitely superior to the reality.
The sheer expense of bracing these things, and all that mass up top would be a big issue. The slowness of their response could be a very big issue. Maintaining them would be problematic, no matter what they're made of. You'd have all the problems of modern wind turbines, but on a mobile, salt-laden platform!
It would seem to be on an absolute knife edge, whether they could reduce the total cost of ownership over the lifespan of the vessel - because adding a second mode of power is exceedingly expensive on a boat. And you need additional crew to manage and maintain them while underway. The operating expenses would not be low.
I look forward to seeing if anyone has balls big enough to invest in such a "modern" design.
You nailed it..
This design seems overly complex, but depowering the sails should be relatively quick by de-cambering the flaps, same as a wingsail America's Cup boat. And/or reducing angle of attack (pointing the wing into the wind more).
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Nonsense.