Off topic but I have been toying with building a small catamaran powered by a Darrieus turbine or a kite setup such as depicted. The point is wind powered navig

Off topic but I have been toying with building a small catamaran powered by a Darrieus turbine or a kite setup such as depicted. The point is wind powered navigation of busy rivers and the east coast intracostal waterway. Obviously this makes zero sense on the open sea or in wide bays, where long tacks are easy and more efficient. Tacking on the intracoastal is practically infeasible in today's world, yet there is loads of wind. Can anyone refer me to to prior art on this?