In the matter of harnessing wind power to reduce fuel consumption in ocean carriers, it would seem that the high capital cost of some of the devices being proposed make them questionable financial propositions. These high costs arise from the design policy that these devices should require no extra crew. The rig is a variant of the Dyna-rig which is being proposed for similar vessels, but because the masts are stayed instead of being unsupported this makes it a far more realistic economic p.

SQUARE RIGGED SHIPS FOR THE PRESENT DAY. The first four ships shown here illustrate proposals for new generation square riggers, in which windward ability is an innovative and important feature. Related blog sites are Improving the sailing qualities of square rigged ships. 953m three-masted STV based on Charles Nicholsin s 1927 Juan Sebastian De Elcano minus the raised poop and forecastl.

This is not an idea for a return to sail ocean carrier, but for a sail-assisted cargo motor-ship. Some day, cargo ships will run on clean fuel. Another reason which must be putting off ship managers is the incompatibility of rigs of any sort with bulk cargo handling machinery at terminals. Both these problems are addressed here.

Sunday, November 24, 2013. Some progress, working towards the incrementally generated dungeon. Randomly generating the dungeon is possible now. Also changed the monster from mice to bats. Player image changes direction when you move now. Here is a pic of the progress yesterday. Tomorrow I will show a pic of the updated progress. Sunday, November 17, 2013.

com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,900. If it were a cable car, it would take about 48 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the complete report.