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Randall Gross12/12/2009 8:03:00 pm PST

re: #250 Naso Tang

The Somali pirates will no doubt think that is a great idea, but I think this is better and a hell of a lot simpler.

First Transatlantic Voyage of Kite-powered Ship

Wind powered sailing dates from antiquity, while it’s true that we can do it more efficiently now than then, today’s global dependencies demand fast, large ocean freight and sail doesn’t cut the mustard for that, and never will again. It’s a nice dream but if it were doable or really feasible you would see freight companies doing it now, they would love to save the fuel costs.