Angélique - just want to say how much we appreciate your questions on TankerProa and your deep understanding of the shipping market and the...
1. Totally agree, we are pursuing Naval Architects to help us produce full scale plans. The experts opinion has only served as wind in our sails,...
1. Clearly the loss rate was such that they continued to use the design well in to the 19th century. 2. That data is not readily available –...
Excellent point(s). We tested the TankerProa connected to the MMA(Massachusetts Maritime Academy) tanker of the same scale as the TankerProa, in...
In the case of the TankerProa the short length of the out rigger makes the tanker bow, stern and the outrigger assembly act like a three legged...
PS Flettner Rotors are very cool!!!
Getting input from this forum is very valuable - what we are trying to do is unprecedented - we welcome all input + will take the sarcastic with...
2013 - Glad you asked - the testing was a success! Since then we have taken what we learned and further refined our patents. Currently we are...
Thanks for your interest - the sail design is the result of decades of design and testing and capable of changing direction 360 degrees.
Actually a lot of coffee went into this idea - but appreciate your enthusiasm none the less.
Good questions - The prototype was running on a scale vessel, with slower winds. Current average tankers speeds have been reduced from 20+ knots...
This is the ProaType (LOL) during our successful tests at Massachusetts Maritime Academy -