Capt. Heinrich Nissen formulated the rules to sail a big or small squarerigger to windward.
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3 reasons to sail without engine
There are several large advantages of; not installing an engine in a sailing vessel, which is the reason for EcoClipper to follow this course.
Introducing Free Energy
An infinite source of energy which is: readily available everywhere, still there after being consumed, safe and without negative side effects with its use.
6 ways to make shipping emission free
We need to radically change our ways of propelling ships. But how are we going to practically make emission free shipping a reality?
The return of sail
This story starts thousands of years ago, when the first people settled along rivers witg their rafts to make use of the wind for propulsion.
The different phases of setting up a sailing cargo company.
The different phases of starting up EcoClipper, a sailing cargo company.
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New Year, New U-bend
Refurbishing the ship’s rigging, working on the ship’s steel- and ropework, cleaning sails, and making new sail covers. Below decks, the steel and electric work continues, and some skilled carpenters have joined our team, refitting floors, bunks and partition walls.
Sail Cargo logistics, for those who care about our future.
Or the truth about the consequences of not switching back to wind powered transport.
Tacking a brigantine
Tacking is turning the ship, from having the wind blowing from one side of the ship, to the other side, and doing this by bringing the bow through the wind…