The future of the shipping industry may be the use of sails

geetrue · 02-12-13, 07:48 PM

http://www.takepart.com/article/2012...=tp-ad-nrelate

I've been following this for a couple of years and I really believe that this is an answer for our own US Navy for resupply ships in a time of emergency

Wigabee · 02-12-13, 11:29 PM

That's really neat. I have always thought that sails would be perfect for those huge supertankers nowadays. Thanks for posting!

Sailor Steve · 02-12-13, 11:49 PM

That may very well be the future. I sure hope so.

Jimbuna · 02-13-13, 07:36 AM

Looks like a great idea

Herr-Berbunch · 02-13-13, 08:05 AM

It looked horrendous, but I hope the final product works. And looks more aesthetically pleasing.

captgeo · 02-13-13, 09:48 AM

Great Idea

AVGWarhawk · 02-13-13, 03:42 PM

This has also been tried. I think under the right conditions it's helpful.

Platapus · 02-13-13, 06:44 PM

As long as the shipping industry can accept the slower speeds, this may be economically attractive.

It is rather silly criticizing private automobiles when these big boys are burning a quarter billion gallons of fuel per year.

250,000,000. That's a lotta gallons. Even if we can cut that down by 25% that is a significant improvement.

02-14-13, 11:35 AM

two other stories on it.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/schum...pping-industry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20792058

geetrue · 02-14-13, 02:19 PM

This is more of what I have in mind ... but instead of a private yacht it could built as a submarine tender to resupply the boats after a war breaks out.

No time for returning to port ... no satellites left.

Just trying to think ahead ... stealth mast and fiberglass hull makes her hard to locate.

Don't be afraid ... be ready I always say: http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/...d-control.html

02-12-13, 07:48 PM	#1
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The future of the shipping industry may be the use of sails http://www.takepart.com/article/2012...=tp-ad-nrelate I've been following this for a couple of years and I really believe that this is an answer for our own US Navy for resupply ships in a time of emergency __________________

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Wigabee Bosun Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 68 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	That's really neat. I have always thought that sails would be perfect for those huge supertankers nowadays. Thanks for posting! __________________ Silent Hunter III GWX Gold 100% Realism ''Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance.'' - Nathan Zelk, USS Montpelier

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Looks like a great idea __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	It looked horrendous, but I hope the final product works. And looks more aesthetically pleasing. __________________

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captgeo Samurai Navy Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 550 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Great Idea __________________

02-13-13, 03:42 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	This has also been tried. I think under the right conditions it's helpful. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-13-13, 06:44 PM	#8
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,979 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	As long as the shipping industry can accept the slower speeds, this may be economically attractive. It is rather silly criticizing private automobiles when these big boys are burning a quarter billion gallons of fuel per year. 250,000,000. That's a lotta gallons. Even if we can cut that down by 25% that is a significant improvement. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-14-13, 11:35 AM	#9
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	two other stories on it. http://www.economist.com/blogs/schum...pping-industry http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20792058

02-14-13, 02:19 PM	#10
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	This is more of what I have in mind ... but instead of a private yacht it could built as a submarine tender to resupply the boats after a war breaks out. No time for returning to port ... no satellites left. Just trying to think ahead ... stealth mast and fiberglass hull makes her hard to locate. Don't be afraid ... be ready I always say: http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/...d-control.html __________________