(Parallax) schrieb:

What would happen if you put up a very large helium filled balloon
several hundred ft where there is really good wind, say in the trade
winds and attached it to your deck? Could you steer?

Do you mean something similar like that:
http://www.skysails.de/en/home.html

T:-)m Berger

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