wingsail

The former world record holder for fastest sailing anything gets a nice documentary and retrospective. Build by a couple of guys in Burlington Vermont, and trucked to Oregon each year, persistence and stubbornness got them the record, and it held for ten years.

I want to build a 11m mast for my boat (mini650 454) I'm posting this here because in the monohull section there is not much talk about wingmasts and softwings. I really like to make a double main wingsail and I can't find some solid information on the choice of mast shape. A D section mast...

Most foil boats look a lot like normal sailboats with a couple of distinct changes.. Instead, lets go back to the drawing board and design something specifically for the hydrofoil. The Hobie Trifoiler is an example of something designed specifically for the foil, but I don't believe it went...

Can anybody help with finding a copy of this paper: Fekete, G., and Newmann, G., “Design and Testing of a Sailboat with Self-Trimming Wingsail,” Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2, June 1983, pp. 121–130.

Couldn't resist this one - too cool.

This project involved designing a catamaran powered a wingsail. This project involved designing a catamaran powered a wingsail. It is still a project in working progress.

This project involved designing a catamaran powered a wingsail. This project involved designing a catamaran powered a wingsail. It is still a project in working progress.

This project involved designing a catamaran powered a wingsail. It is still a project in working progress.

to the tradiionalists, I'm truly sorry, but this is something I have always thought would be a great idea.