Bizzare Motor-Sailor

Thermal · 20-10-2007, 06:01

One of my other wind-dependant bad habits is flying paragliders and stumbled arcoss this. SkySails - Turn Wind into Profit

cat man do · 20-10-2007, 08:32

Nothing new here, looked at it for my power cat, but figured I could get a lot of diesel for $12,000

KiteShip - Innovation in Tethered Flight

Kite Sail - Kit-cat's custom catamarans

Potentialy great idea though, but dragging 2 props was an issue as well.

Dave

fastcat435 · 20-10-2007, 11:28

I have used the Kite for longer stretches like St Helena to barbados and it works fine
The 2 major advatages are they lift the bow slightly up and there is always more wind upm there than down here

20-10-2007, 06:01	#1
Thermal Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Honolulu Boat: S2 11.0C 36' Puka Wai Posts: 147	Bizzare Motor-Sailor One of my other wind-dependant bad habits is flying paragliders and stumbled arcoss this. SkySails - Turn Wind into Profit Attached Thumbnails __________________ In theory, Practice and Theory are the same. In practice, they are not.

20-10-2007, 08:32	#2
cat man do Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane Australia [until the boats launched] Boat: 50ft powercat, light,long and low powered Posts: 2,245	Nothing new here, looked at it for my power cat, but figured I could get a lot of diesel for $12,000 KiteShip - Innovation in Tethered Flight Kite Sail - Kit-cat's custom catamarans Potentialy great idea though, but dragging 2 props was an issue as well. Dave __________________ "Money can't buy you happiness but it can buy you a yacht large enough to pull up right alongside it"...............David Lee Roth http://www.thecoastalpassage.com/ Last edited by cat man do; 20-10-2007 at 08:39.

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20-10-2007, 11:28	#3
fastcat435 Commercial Vendor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Amstelveen Netherlands Boat: FastCat 445 Green Motion Posts: 1,362	I have used the Kite for longer stretches like St Helena to barbados and it works fine The 2 major advatages are they lift the bow slightly up and there is always more wind upm there than down here