Comment on NEOLINE cuts fuel use 70% on transatlantic service, targets 78% in 2027
supersquirrel@lemmy.ca 1 day agoScalability? These are 136 meters long, they are already being used at physical scale and their cost savings makes scaling in terms of how many sails are built a straightforward process.
B0rax@feddit.org 1 day ago
136m is relatively short for a transatlantic ship… these days conventional ships are up to 400m long.
supersquirrel@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
True but at a longer hull length you just add more sails, the limitation would be sail area per unit of hull length.