Strictly PlaneSailing - PlaneSail.com

PlaneSailing with Planesail, Blue Nova, Ashington, Zip, Sea Change, Ocean Tern, Angel B and Larinka. December 1994 with music soundtrack.

[@gjsmsmith]

lol……. i used to build these. I loved my time at Walker Wingsail as a teenager, but i do remember that working there was like being a Leeds United player during their fall from grace and administration struggles….

[@davidnatha]

Hi Sevan, You do not take it down in a storm, and you do not need to. The clean aerodynamic shape of the aerofoils mean that there is far less windage (i.e. less heeling) that any conventional mast with rigging.

[@InternationalVoice9]

it looks so fun to sail. More effective way than traditional sail.

[@petitecrevette69]

vraiment sympa ce multi et original

[@stinkingdog101]

@blueskyredkite Not much weight......I read the description on their website and the wings are actually streatched and doped material....like the wings of old biplanes. Lots of area but not much weight.

[@onenut4you]

About how fast can you get them to go... before having trouble's controlling it...and will they act better then Sail's do ?

[@davidnatha]

onenut4you > About how fast can you get them to go... before having trouble's controlling it The computer sets the flaps to 35 deg if the wind is below 18 knots, to get the maximum thrust. The flap is set to 0 deg when the wind speed is above 18 knots. At higher wind speeds the angle of the tail is progressively reduced. This eliminates any risk of capsize. If there is any problem with the two motors controlling the tail and flap, they can be operated by a hand crank in a few minutes. Planesail had daily runs of 14 Kts. > will they act better then Sail's do There is no "fuss" with the wingsail. When the wind turns the rig turns, without friction. Gybes are silent, without any flapping of sails.

[@helenetravert2357]

I am looking for these boats, do you have further information? Are they still existing?where are they? Who own them?

[@SevanClaig]

how do you take it down in a storm?

[@heckyes]

@stangftl Going nowhere? I suppose all of the early colonial expansion was done with power boats?

[@bjrngutubakken53]

Yeah.... i think of a storm and shifting winds. no reef possibility. bring life raft!

[@davidnatha]

Hi Bjørn, Thank you for bringing up a common misconception about Planesail. I was informed by her designer, the late John Walker, that her freely rotating rigid wingsail had, in fact, much less windage that any conventional mast and rigging. The drag formula normally used states that round objects like masts and rigging have around 10 times more drag compared with streamlined shapes of the same thickness. Please see www.princeton.edu/~asmits/Bicycle_web/blunt.html. HTH, David

[@mstaff657]

how pathetic

[@everyday4]

Sorry but that boat is ugly, the most horrible looking thing ever?