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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (5246)	12/5/2006 9:00:10 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) of 24225

If our grandparents could do it, why is is such a project now. 1. Compare the size of modern freighters to those of your grandparents generation. 2. The freighters of old were built from the ground up to structurally support a mast[s]. This would be a retrofit of an existing freighter which just might entail something more than "bolt the mast to the deck and let's get going" 3. Since the old freighters evolved from sail only freighters. Crew size wasn't an issue. I would not expect modern freighters to have the crew size that would take on the new task .... "Hoist the sails boys!" So they develop and design modern technology to manage the sail[s] to the greatest extent possible. 4. I would not expect the freighter industry to jump into sails based on any concern for the environment. It's about money and you better damn well be able to show that the cost of retrofitting, operation, .... sic, life cycle costs is cheaper than the current mode of power. I expect the freighter industry has a list of questions as long as the mast. jttmab

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