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Interesting. The kite might work, if the lazy ships crew bother to
sail it. The boat with masts/sails looks like they would be too high. Some ships barely get under some bridges now. SV "jlrogers±³©" wrote in message om... http://www.newscientist.com/channel/...mg18524881.600 'The coming of steam sent the world's great sailing fleets into decline. The internal combustion engine finally finished them off. So it would be a strange twist of fate if the age of sail was resurrected by what amounts to a child's toy. 'For several weeks last summer, a team of German engineers sailed back and |
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Scotty,
Also, The economics of speed is being left out of the equation. A ship traveling at 30 knots can make 5 trips to a ship traveling at 6 knots. 5 times the profits and cargo carried. The change will probably be to Aircraft. http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomsPage |
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1 pt Good Article.
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