[MHml] [PCW] Hybrid powercats

[Dan Frenette]

I'm missing something here. The windmill sounds like the windmill boats 
multihull magazine wrote about maybe 10 years ago. The boats could sail 
dead into the wind. Going dead down wind however is a bit more of a 
problem as I recall.

Dan Frenette

brian eiland wrote:
>
>   
>> Malcolm Tennant wrote:
>> I must say that I agree with Pat reischmann. What is wrong with the normal
>> catamaran as a motor sailer?
>>
>> However I might deviate slightly from that contention and fit a rig to one
>>     
> of our CS power cat designs. The only real advantages of this would occur if
> youwanted to go a bit faster  than the sail boat hull was capable of.
>   
>> If you are still determined to "boldly go where no man has gone before" you
>> could go where we went in 1992 and fit a wind turbine driving in the water
>> propellers [see web site- the "Revolution"]. However today I would go and
>>     
> buy a reasonably substantial "off the shelf" wind turbine electric generator
> and fit it to one of our CS hulled stock power cat designs. This would drive
> a
>   
>> couple of electric motors in the hulls.
>>
>> Incidentally, despite what several physicists have to say on the internet,
>>     
> the Revolution would proceed directly to windward.
>   
>
> ________________________________________________________
> Brian replied:
> I suspect this new world of energy awareness will produce a lot of new and
> interesting technologies to conquer our continued pursuit to venture across
> the oceans....should be interesting.
>
> Here is another group of discussions on: 
> "New propulsion sytems for ships" 
> <http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9630>
>
> Brian 
>
>
> PS: Malcolm, I also like your hull shape with an alternative 'wind propulsion'
> adapted:
> <http://www.runningtideyachts.com/dynarig/Tennant_Hull_V_ChainDrive.php>
>  or <http://tinyurl.com/38qdqy>
>
>
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