www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/seawing-automated-kite-system-to-be-installed-on-coal-carrier-corona-citrus/

I saw a news article similar to this a few years ago. It's a very clever idea. Obviously a design that is leveraged from kite surfing. It would be interesting to know how they would launch/land it ?. I suppose the ship would orient itself so that apparent wind is minimised and it lands on deck etc ?

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jn1 said..
a design that is leveraged from kite surfing. It would be interesting to know how they would launch/land it ?

Probably waits around in the ocean for ages and then when somebody else boats past yells at them .. hey mate do you mind launching me ?

Then starts randomly waving their arms about as if the boat they don't know somehow miraculously knows the exact same sign language they seem to think is both standard and common knowledge. Then they start motoring into wind / away from wind in the same direction as the boat launching them whilst yelling very loudly how much of an idiot this kind boat is who tried to help them.

When the kite is finally up they probably get dragged 200 nm in 3 seconds, crash into a couple of islands and then piss off without even acknowledging the assistance the other boat gave them, even though they could have used the universally recognized hand signal of a thank-you wave.

Just a hunch.

I knew I should've expected a serious answer

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timmybuddhadude said..
www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/seawing-automated-kite-system-to-be-installed-on-coal-carrier-corona-citrus/

Somebody has a sense of humour. A coal carrier, named "Corona Citrus" in September 2019, doing green stuff to reduce emissions and protect the environment.

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jn1 said..
I knew I should've expected a serious answer

Try looking at the video from the manufacturer
www.airseas.com/seawing

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Carantoc said..

jn1 said..
a design that is leveraged from kite surfing. It would be interesting to know how they would launch/land it ?

Probably waits around in the ocean for ages and then when somebody else boats past yells at them .. hey mate do you mind launching me ?

Then starts randomly waving their arms about

That's brilliant!!
...a bit like this???...