[Grizzled Bear]

Isn’t that called a “Sail?”

[blam]

[DoughtyOne]

This is such a great idea, because everyone knows the wind is always at your back.

Thanks for the post Blam. It’s actually fun to watch some of the antics of the mentally green.

[facedown]

I believe this is an artist's conception:

[IronJack]

A cargo ship pulled by a giant, parachute-shaped kite ... could herald a new "green" age of commercial sailing on the high seas.

Uh huh. With the Owl and the Pussycat as captain and first mate.

[jonascord]

I think it’s wonderful what “true believers” are willing to inflict on actual people when they don’t have to deal with the day-to-day realities. Sea and wind conditions can change by the moment, and I’m sure deckhands are looking forward to the good old days of taking in sail at midnight, aloft in a squall, and owners really want to double and triple crew sizes so they can abide by the decisions of some drooling socialist government functionary.

[dainbramaged]

Back in the 1920’s a man named Flettner came up with a wind powered rotor ship which could sail closer to the wind (20-30 degrees) than this oversized kite-surfing rig. It had tall cylinders resembling smokestacks that rotated against the wind direction powered by electric motors. The Cousteau boys built a large trimaran with a similar setup and traveled many nautical miles with it - I was lucky enough to get a tour while they were tied up in Juneau, Alaska in the 90’s.

[Theo]

Fine. Whatever. Makes sense to use wind energy, but I’m not about to worship these people for adding a sail to their ship.

[Doc Savage]

I like to see a video of these clowns peeing over the side, taking a dump over the side, or throwing garbage over-board when no one is looking! Remember boys, only 1 square of TP is allowed on a liberal ship!

[B-Chan]

Whew. I misread your headline the first time I saw it. I was picturing a ship propelled by, well, Jews. Glad to see the word in question is “kite” instead of an ugly, antisemitic slur.

The second time I saw the headline, I thought it said “Kitty-Powered Ship”. Those poor kittens!

I need new glasses...

[alarm rider]

As a small boat sailor, I can see the holes in this deal from here.

Wind power was largely replaced for a reason.

Thanks to the tree-hugging left, we are required to go back to old technology. I hate the left.

[spanalot]

it looks like it provides lift also which will reduce the amount of water that needs to be displaced,.

[NittanyLion]

DHL claims there is a 15% reduction in fuel cost as a result of using the sail. Seems like good capitalism to me. Sadly, I see quite a few folks immediately criticize when they see the word "green". No one's forcing shipping companies to use the sail, and doing so may just give them a cost advantage.

What's wrong with that?