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Please note this ship was quite unique to begin with: it's a 5-year-old 12-deck cruiseferry that burns gas instead of oil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Viki
by tuukkah 9y ago
Please note this ship was quite unique to begin with: it's a 5-year-old 12-deck cruiseferry that burns gas instead of oil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Viking_Grace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Viking_Grace
Here's an image of the ship with the new rotor sail on top: http://www.maritimeherald.com/2017/cruise-ferry-viking-grace-install-turbosail-for-hybrid-usage-of-wind-power/ http://www.maritimeherald.com/2017/cruise-ferry-viking-grace...
- lsc 9y agothe physics involved must be really interesting. Visually, the "sail" looks incredibly tiny compared to the size of the ship and the size of sails on sailing ships of earlier ages