Who is going to be first to see a Norsepowered ship?

[Concerto]

OK, you do not know what a Norsepowered ship looks, but this link to GCaptain will show you. These are the ships getting wind assisted propulsion. It looks like they will save 7 to 10% on their fuel costs. So a win, win solution with lower fuel costs, lower emmisions and lower shipping costs.

norsepower Archives – gCaptain

 

[KevinV]

Interesting - Rotor Sail Technology | Norsepower

 

[Concerto]

Interesting - Rotor Sail Technology | Norsepower

I forgot to include that link, so thank you.

 

[Buck Turgidson]

It's called a Flettner rotor. Nowhere near as efficient as a wing sail upwind but good in ideal wind directions. They have been around since the 1920s.

 

[davidaprice]

Well I win this one, Viking Grace had a Norsepower Flettner motor from 2018 to 2021, and we often saw her passing us on her Stockholm - Turku route as it passes through the most popular Finnish summer cruising grounds.

Although Viking Grace's later and slightly larger sister ship Viking Glory was also built ready to take a Flettner motor, from the press release when Viking Grace's Flettner motor was removed (during routine maintenance) it sounds like the trial ended and they felt it still needed further development.

 

[KeithMD]

I've seen Norse powered ships before.

 

[Dellquay13]

Will they show their motoring cone even when they don’t have an RYA examiner onboard?

 

[Thistle]

Caen, 2011. No doubt others will report earlier sightings.

 

[Dellquay13]

It's called a Flettner rotor. Nowhere near as efficient as a wing sail upwind but good in ideal wind directions. They have been around since the 1920s.

And in the future too, I think Kevin Costner might get one (along with behind-the-ear gills) when sea levels rise and we all have to live on Waterworld

 

[davidaprice]

Caen, 2011. No doubt others will report earlier sightings.

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That doesn't have smooth sides like the Flettner rotor, is it a Savonius wind turbine? The weird thing about the Flettner rotor is that the ship's engines rotate the rotor, it's not the wind rotating the rotor.

 

[KeithMD]

Will they show their motoring cone even when they don’t have an RYA examiner onboard?

Mtoring cone? what motoring cone?
They might hoist the RYA examiner aloft by the topping lift.
So that his screams can penetrate further through the night or the fog.

 

[Dellquay13]

Mtoring cone? what motoring cone?
They might hoist the RYA examiner aloft by the topping lift.
So that his screams can penetrate further through the night or the fog.

Sorry but the pedant in me can’t let this go, in reduced visibility you drop the motoring cone and use the steaming light, in addition to the hoisted examiner providing the correct sound signals

 

[DanTribe]

I've seen Norse powered ships before.

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What huge choppers!

 

[DownWest]

I wonder about the wear and tear on parasails etc, making them less attractive compared to oil?

 

[Halo]

A commercial vessel (the Estraden I think) went backwards and forwards between Tees and Netherlands every day for years using those rotating sails. Not seen it for a while but seemed to be ok until recently

 

[Concerto]

Just come across another wind assisted system for ships by BAR Technologies called Wind Wings. They predict fuel savings of up to 30%.

WindWings | BAR Technologies

 

[westhinder]

One of the two recently installed rotors on roro vessel Delphine broke off, in Zeebrugge this morning. Info still sketchy. As far as I’m aware, it wasn’t particularly windy

 

[westhinder]

 

[KeithMD]

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Looks like it needs some Viagra?

 

[Buck Turgidson]

I thought the were designed to be foldable. Are you sure it's broken?