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Airseas installs its first fuel-saving auto-kite on a cargo ship
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| December 16, 2021
| By Loz Blain
Posted on 12/17/2021 11:51:10 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Easy test - deploy kite and turn off engines. Record inches per hour and viola!
Unless you can feather your prop blades i figure about 100 yards/hour.
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posted on
12/17/2021 11:56:58 AM PST
by
corkoman
To: Red Badger
Jeezez. I wonder what the deployment and then reel-in process looks like. And how long. And how often is the wind likely within 25-45* at your aft.
To: Red Badger
Funny how things come full circle, who would have thought a Spinnaker could come in handy to save fuel. Considering they were used before fuel was used... lol
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posted on
12/17/2021 11:58:40 AM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Red Badger
how do they actually get that thing inflated, helicopter lift?
or helium upper edge...
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posted on
12/17/2021 11:58:57 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/17/2021 11:59:51 AM PST
by
sit-rep
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To: Red Badger
Hmmmm …
As a sailor, I can say that cargo ships generally don’t care who else is out on the oceans …
Vessels “under sail” have navigation advantages under rights-of-way rules. This tech could signal an applicable rules change for cargo ships …
These cargo vessels will continue to disregard the maritime rights of others, no doubt, but this device will put them in another column of the law.
More thought required…
To: Openurmind
Excuse me stewardess I speak Jibe
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:00:53 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
To: Red Badger
You can make a Spinnaker for a canoe with a rectangle tarp... Works great...
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:01:56 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: sit-rep
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:03:15 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
To: Red Badger
To: al baby
Lol... I remember that movie, a classic. Different Jibe though, I get it... :)
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:04:53 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: BBQToadRibs2
To: BBQToadRibs2
Wonder how much they cost and their service life. How much sea life will die when the wind shifts or drops and the kite drops into the ocean. I’ve seen spinakers explode.
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:05:19 PM PST
by
D Rider
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To: BBQToadRibs2
No wonder we needed so much damn cotton!.........................
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:05:32 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: sit-rep
WELL DONE! All you need is a tarp and gather it right and you have a Spinnaker!
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:06:52 PM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: sit-rep
(5,400-sq-ft) ...........................
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:07:44 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Makes you wonder how ships sailed prior to steam engines....
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:07:53 PM PST
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:08:23 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: Openurmind
Just like forcing everyone on railway.
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posted on
12/17/2021 12:08:24 PM PST
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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