Two Green Machines – 20th and 21st Century Versions

August 7, 2009 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships · 2 Comments 
Soliloqy

Soliloqy

CNN has a feature on the design of a “super-green superyacht” built using only sustainable materials and which produces virtually no carbon emissions.  Plans unveiled for world’s first super-green superyacht.  The Soliloquy as the design is called features lots of solar panels on deck and three rather small, at least to my eye, wing sails.  (Apparently the wing sails are larger when fully deployed.) 

While the design may be the most up to date modern design, many large vessels of the past would also qualify as being “built using only sustainable materials and produc[ing] virtually no carbon emissions.”   The Victory Chimes comes immediately to mind.

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The Business of Raising Sails on a Maine Windjammer

October 24, 2008 · Filed Under Current, Ships · Comment 

There are two Maine “Windjammers” currently for sale.  This may not be terribly useful information for those of us feeling more than usually penurious in the current economic downturn. Nevertheless there are moments when the idea of chucking it all and making a living on a sailboat or saling ship does have a certain appeal.

The two boats for sale are the Rachel B. Jackson and the venerable Victory Chimes. Read more

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HMS Surprise and Star of India

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