Select to expand quoteaus005 said..
might be worth a look at 8.30 it is cruising on the windsurf sailing cruise ship
It was rubbish. Sails were for decoration. No one is going to believe they ever shut down the diesel electric propulsion. The under water shot showed a flat shallow bottom yet the sails were nearly always set for close hauled sailing. Driving with the diesel electric and using the sails to utilize the relative wind as a stabilizer I can believe. The diesels would be running all the time to power the air conditioning etc anyway.
Amercains belive anything they are told....."yes we are undersail now sir isn't she beautiful" god dam yes she is!
I saw it too. The narrator said that under sails alone the ship can do 12 knots!
I tried to confirm that speed via some internet searches but I couldn't find any technical data.
12 knots is hard to believe.
Select to expand quotezilla said..
I saw it too. The narrator said that under sails alone the ship can do 12 knots!
I tried to confirm that speed via some internet searches but I couldn't find any technical data.
12 knots is hard to believe.
Down a cliff face maybe. The sail area was not all that large. The diesels have to run to run everything all the time anyway so it would be silly not to have the electric propulsion ticking over so the ship can maintain a schedule.
