...>> Brimstone <brimstone520-ng02@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Yup, I remember it being shown. I suspect it was another idea that was ahead of its time and got killed off by shipowners who wouldn't look further ahead than the bows of their family yacht. If we're referring to the Walker Wingsail, and I suspect we are, no it was another fucking stupid idea ...

... Firth wrote: Brimstone <brimstone520-ng02@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Yup, I remember it being shown. I suspect it was another idea that was ahead of its time and got killed off by shipowners who wouldn't look further ahead than the bows of their family yacht. If we're referring to the Walker Wingsail, and I suspect we are, no it was another fucking stupid idea that didn't ...

... Personally I think "both" is the correct response. I seem to remember a sail boat that did not have convential sails, but was powered by something similar to an upright aerofoil. Yup, I remember it being shown. I suspect it was another idea that was ahead of its time and got killed off by shipowners who wouldn't look further ahead than the bows of their family yacht.

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