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I was surprised to see that most of these are traditional sailing vessels, which as you note are not practical at large scale. With all the advances in competit
by pge 6y ago
I was surprised to see that most of these are traditional sailing vessels, which as you note are not practical at large scale. With all the advances in competitive sailing technologies (eg solid wing sails), it would be interesting to see how they would translate to making a more efficient sailing vessel for hauling freight.
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoThere are a couple companies that tried to chase "wingsails to assist freighters" as a concept. It seems there just wasn't enough interest. Bunker fuel is too cheap.
- em-bee 6y agofor investors it's a matter of finding those that want to push the technology and are not purely profit oriented. i expect that if some of these ships show a decent profit, they will eventually be able to build a new ship on their own.
- mavhc 6y agotax everything the amount it costs to clean up the pollution it causes
- em-bee 6y agowell at least one of them was a non-sail cargo ship that has been converted.