Videos of Beluga Skysails Kite-Powered Cargo Ship

by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 03.31.08
Cars & Transportation

Not so long ago, we reported that the Beluga Skysails' maiden voyage was a success. But that was just a first step for Skysails. We've learned that the next cargo ship to have a kite auxiliary propulsion system will have a sail twice as big (320 square meters), and "two additional larger ships are currently under construction that are to be equipped with 600 square-meters of sail". Wow!

Here are two videos that show you the Beluga Skysails' kite in action. The second one is in German, but the images speak for themselves.

::Skysails, via ::Beluga Skysails maiden voyage a success! With video

See also: ::Cargo Ship with Kites: First Trans-Atlantic Trip a Success!, ::First Transatlantic Voyage of Kite-powered Ship, ::Beluga Group Signs Contract for Sky Sail Power

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Comments (2)

i hope I'm not the only one that finds it ironic that the ship was carrying the parts for a prefabricated Log and wood products processing factory, to a country which is mostly rain forest?!?!?!

jump to top carl says:

It looks to me like they don't control the kites at all. They just do a down winder Just like the square riggers.

jump to top surfcam says:

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