Wind-powered ship (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

Wind-powered ship

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Illustration of a wind-powered ship. Its wing sails are one of the designs that can be used to harness wind power for large ships. Other design types include rotor sails (which look like vertical cylinders) and kite sails.

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computedwingsail.com

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