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To: BenLurkin; Travis McGee

Some really great pictures of wind assisted inventions for ships at the source.

I think we need some input from FR’s favorite authority on sailing.


3 posted on 01/22/2015 8:45:43 AM PST by Perseverando (In Washington it's common knowledge that Barack Hussein Obama is ineligible to be POTUS.)
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To: Perseverando

I wonder how stable the ship will be. It looks like it
will not have a very deep draft even when loaded. The ship’s designers will have an interesting time dealing stability issues.


6 posted on 01/22/2015 9:05:45 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: Perseverando

I wonder how stable the ship will be. It looks like it
will not have a very deep draft even when loaded. The ship’s designers will have an interesting time dealing stability issues.


7 posted on 01/22/2015 9:05:57 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: Perseverando

That picture shows the hull/sail “set” on one course. It will help if the wind is in one direction and hurt otherwise. They won’t build it and lose interior volume.


25 posted on 01/22/2015 3:24:43 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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