Hybrid square riggers - the ultimate green ships?

Drawing showing a generic square rigged sailing ship of 10,000 dwt fitted with the stayed Dyna-rig

In all the attention paid to alternative fuels and renewable energy, wind power has been receiving increased attention and two designs that seem to offer much promise are being put forward. Let’s hope that the fossil-free solution’s answer is ‘blowing in the wind’.

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