Matt Sheahan brings us up to speed with the ACCWing wingsail that could well become automated in the future The words ‘muscles’ and ‘sails’ are often included in the same sentence, such is the physical nature of our sport. But what I hadn’t expected to hear in a recent techie chat was talk of a […]
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Royal Huisman reveal 100m megayacht. The radical Wing 100 concept is designed to be a true sailing yacht, not ‘sail assisted’ A dream team of superyacht heavyweights have collaborated to produce this ambitious future-proofed megayacht sailing concept, one which, if built, would rank in the top five largest sailing yachts in the world. The famed […]
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Do superyacht designers have the answers to the future of efficient sailing and shipping? Mark Chisnell reports on why variants of wingsail technology could be coming to an ocean near you On a summer weekend there’s always a bustle of activity on the foreshore at Hamble-le-Rice, on England’s south coast. The whirr of electric air […]
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