Jeff Turner ⛵Living here and not doing a wind sport would be like living at Whistler and not skiing. #Perth #westernaustralia #Australia #windsurf #kite #windwing #sailing
Last for the week. Son and girlfriend had wing lesson in river so went there with them. Rugged a bit too big as it wasn't supposed to be windy. Nice anyway. #windsurf #windwing #swanriver #perth #blackswan. Saw a nice pair of black swans when launching. Waited for them to swim past so as to not disturb them.
First time on my new board at Watermans Beach very good. 3.7m sail. My smallest. Gps track below. Wind pretty much southerly so from the bottom to the top.
#Perth #westernaustralia #Australia #windsurf #kite #windwing #sailing
#Perth #westernaustralia #Australia #windsurf #kite #windwing #sailing
DoomsdaysCWIf we're going to have #CargoShips, they might as well be sail-driven!
A cargo ship’s ‘WindWing’ sails saved it up to 12 tons of fuel per day
After six months sailing around the world, the numbers are in for the retrofitted ‘Pyxis Ocean.’
By Andrew Paul
Posted on Mar 14, 2024
"Using the wind force captured by its two giant, controllable sails to boost its speed,#PyxisOcean reportedly saved an average of 3.3 tons of fuel each day. And in optimal weather conditions, its trips through portions of the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans reduced fuel consumption by over 12 tons a day.
"According to Cargill’s math, that’s an average of 14 percent less greenhouse gas emissions from the ship. On its best days, Pyxis Ocean could cut that down by 37 percent. In all, the #WindWing’s average performance fell within 10 percent ts designers’ computational fluid dynamics simulation predictions."
Read more:
https://www.popsci.com/technology/windwing-ship-sails/
