Looks cool! What's the latest innovation in 'sails' (shape/tech) development? And what would it take to scale a cargo sailboat to take >100k tonnes load?
Largest cargo sailboat completes first Atlantic crossing
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#182> The ship can carry up to 5,300 tonnes of cargo Ok but ... what was it carrying? I mean there may be a government active right now that is bombing civilian ships, in particular when they carry fish.
That sounds fishy!
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#183They have a passenger service too! €3200 for France Baltimore, 13 day trip. But with that you get three meals a day, a decent looking cabin, private bathroom, private balcony, and internet service (though how solid the connection is / what surcharges there may be is a question). ~€250/d doesn't sound too bad, and you could get work done along the way. Kind of sounds nice... https://www.voilasailcoop.fr/transatlantic/…
Considering it's a roll-on/roll-off ship, they're this close to providing a transatlantic passenger+vehicle ferry service, which would really be fun.
Bear in mind that US cars are designed to cope with poor quality fuel with sulphur in it. Bringing an European spec car with engines not designed for use in the US may result in expensive damage.
This is based on what I learned 30 years ago so this may be out of date now.
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#184Bring back the Onedin Line..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2IuPjpAHnI
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#185Bring back the Onedin Line...even just for the theme tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2IuPjpAHnI
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#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
I crossed the atlantic twice, each time for 650 euros the 13 days… add 250/300 euros for internet
I took the Queen Mary across a few years ago and it suuuuuuuucked and cost a frigging fortune. Their main target markets appear to be mennonites and uptight assholes.
Sure sounds like captive audiences for a resourceful prankster...
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
Rotor[0] retrofits already have been done on full size tankers[1]. This is probably a more reliable and practical solution than traditional sails. 0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship 1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk_Pelican
But why would you use a motor to spin a rotor instead of a submerged propeller?
For the same reason you use electricity for a compressor in a heat pump. It's a lever. You extract more energy from the ambient air than you've spent on the motor.
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#188I wonder why we don’t have nuclear cargo/container ships.
It would make for interesting special effects playing Fallout
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
I crossed the atlantic twice, each time for 650 euros the 13 days… add 250/300 euros for internet
I took the Queen Mary across a few years ago and it suuuuuuuucked and cost a frigging fortune. Their main target markets appear to be mennonites and uptight assholes.
What sucked about it? I've been considering it for a long time as an alternative to flying across the Atlantic.
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#190Just wondering if there is any potential for coasting with these smaller ships? Replacing lorries for port to port travel say in med or along Atlantic coast of Europe.
Coasting ships were the main cargo transport before trains and for some time after in the UK. Even as late as 1950s a fair percentage of cargo came in and out of London on relatively small ships from UK ports and Europe mainland. Before containerisation of course but I'm not sure it was containers that killed that traffic off. I suspect it may have been motorways and lorries.