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Old 26th September 2017, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by pete-p View Post
How about a sail to save on the heavy oil?

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It has been done, however it was trialed a few hundred years ago on sailing ships and the same old problem always exists, wind in wrong direction or no wind at all, stowage and deployment.
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