[PCW] Hybrid powercats

[brian eiland]

> 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.


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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>