Bizzare Motor-Sailor

[Thermal]

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

[cat man do]

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]

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