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Neptune Maritime Projects won the contract to build the CANOPEE, a sailing freighter that will transport Ariane 6 rockets. The 121-metre-long ship will be equipped with four 30-metre-high Oceanwings. The vessel was built at the Partner Stoczina shipyard in Szczecin, Poland and arrived recently in The Netherlands at the Neptun Marine shipyard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam for outftting
Photo: Arie Boer (c)

The Oceanwings sail panels will cover an area of 375 square metres each and should save around 35 per cent on fuel consumption. According to the French client Alizés, the CANOPEE is a prototype, but it is not clear how many ships in total will be built. Groot Ship Design supplied the naval architecture and all engineering for steel construction. Alizés, which means trade winds, is a joint venture between the French shipping companies Jifmar Offshore Services and Zéphyr et Borée set up especially for this project. It won the Ariane Group’s tender a year ago for a new transport concept, beating among others the large French shipping company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs. The Canopée will transport Ariane rockets from Europe to French Guyana.
Source: Maasmond Newsclippings today

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Statsraad Lehmkuhl – the wind and the sails (gard.no)

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The Norwegian flagged STATSRAAD LEHMKUHL seen above arriving at Keppel Bay cruise terminal in Singapore from Manila for a few days visit before heading for Tj Priok (Jakarta)
Photo: Piet Sinke www.maasmondmaritime.com (c)
PS> Some months ago.

Source: Maasmond Newsclippings 2022-305

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Back to development of wind power for ships today and in the future:

Standards are being updated to allow for new inventions and experiences gained:

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While more and more innovative sail-assist system is offered on the market to capture the force of the wind here is another idea being tested out:

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Ugggghhh. That looks like a marvelous sight line screen with the bonus of being ugly as sin. How long will it last before Neptune reaches up with his hand of green water and rips it down?

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High as a kite:

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The three-master MARCATOR in the Jachthaven Oostende Marina Ostend Belgium
Photo: Luc Verley (c)

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That give meaning to the old saying about ships being “lit up like a Christmas tree”

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Is this the modern era of wind power?:

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Another sail idea wins AiP:

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Back to older sail ships.
Australian Wooden Boat Festival: 10th - 13th February 2023 was a FREE 4 DAY FESTIVAL and was held across the beautiful Hobart Waterfront last weekend:

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From boats afloat to boats ashore, talks, exhibitions, films, music, demonstrations and family friendly activities — there was something to float everyone’s boat!
All photos: Charles Weston ©

PS> No names given, but I believe we have at least one expert her that could help out, at least with the names of the larger boats?

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Not sure of the small boats in first photo, but next is Soren Larsen, Lady Nelson, James Craig, Duyfken, and Young Endeavour (my former command).

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Thanks for the info

In the middle here?:
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Speaking of sailboat expertise and while I got one here:
I posted about the jekt Betlehem on this forum a couple of years ago but didn’t get any reply at the time. Trying again:

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Not me, sorry. That’s a subsequent captain, Gavin Dawe. He was my Bosun aboard in 1992 during our world voyage for the Columbus quincentenary.

You’ll have to search there.

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Back to the future:

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This has been reported for a while, will it finally happen?:

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