Wednesday, November 28, 2018

A SAIL POWERED RO RO?

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/car-maker-partners-in-sailing-ro-ro-project

Concept drawing from linked article in MARITIME Executive

the Maritime Executive carried a story that we link you to concerning a partner ship between French cargo ship Operator NEOLINE and French automobile manufacturer Groupe Renault.  the partnership has plans to build and operate an auxiliary sail powered ro ro between france and north east american and canadian ports. The primary propulsion will be sail. But this sail plan will feature the computer guided and automatically controlled modern self furling type sails and not the labor intensive rigs of yester year. Read all about this exciting development in the maritime executive


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