PUBLIC MARKS with tags wind & sailing

Vindskip™ is a hybrid merchant vessel for sustainable sea transport, driven by the wind and LNG. A state of the art design as per 2012 is holding a Norwegian Patent and a WIPO PCT International Patent on the concept.

Dimanche 16 septembre 2007 à 11h, Grégory Magne prend le départ de la Mini Transat sur son bateau Upian.com Plus que quelques jours avant le départ de la course !

"It appears that sails could return to the ocean's freighters soon. Newsweek is reporting on a technology to assist with cross-ocean travel. From the article: 'SkySails' system consists of an enormous towing kite and navigation software that can map the best route between two points for maximum wind efficiency. In development for more than four years, the system costs from roughly $380,000 to $3.2 million, depending on the size of the ship it's pulling. SkySails claims it will save one third of fuel costs.'"