[PCW] Wind Turbine cat (was Hybrid powercats)

[brian eiland]

But that was a rotating cylinder, I believe, that sought to develop a low
pressure and high pressure side aerodynamically to drive the ship forward
rather than electrical generation by the rotor shaft.

I think you are right, it was a hybrid hull of some sort

Len wrote:
> Fletner Rotor ?  Cousteau used that on one of his vessels and that hull
> form was very hybrid cross between cat/tri and sea sled if I remember.


> brian eiland wrote:
> >How about a vertical axis wind turbine that would accept air flow from ANY
> >direction without needing to align itself??
> >Brian