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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM
ON WIND PROPULSION
OF COMMERCIAL S H I P S
Held by The Royal Institution of Naval A r c h i t e c t s in association with The Institute of Marine Engineers,
The Royal Institute of Navigation and The Nautical Institute a t t h e
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November 4-6, 1980
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T H E G R E S H A M P R E S S O L D W O K I N G
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SYMPOSIUM ON WIND PROPULSION
OF COMMERCIAL S H I P S
CONTENTS
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No. 1 Wind Power f o r Ships—A General Survey 1 by C.T.Nance
No. 2 Using Wind Reliable Routes f o r Bulk Cargo Transport 17 by W, J. Hood
No. 3 Commercial Sail—Present Operations and Future Prospects 29 by A, D. Couper and J, King
No. 4 The Large Sailing Ship—Dinosaur or Development 37 by G. Mearns
No. 5 The Economics of Sail 51 by E. P. Crowdy
No. 6 Wind Propulsion of Ships—Climatological Factors 67 by J. E. Atkins and D. J. Painting
No. 7 Sailing Ship Weather Routing 77 by J.H.Mays
No. 8 The Wind Turbine Ship 97 by R. C.T.Rainey
No. 9 Kite-Sails f o r Wind-Assisted Ship Propulsion 117 by G. W. Schaefer and K. Allsopp
No. 10 The Development of Sailcloth f o r Commercial Vessels 133 by A. Farrar
No. 11 Windmills—Propulsion f o r a Hydrofoil Trimaran 147 by N. Bose
No. 12 An Investigation of Graduated T r i m f o r an Aerofoil Rig 159 by W. M . S. Bradbury
No. 13 Standardised Speed Prediction f o r Wind Propelled Merchant Ships 173 by P. Schenzle
No. 14 A Full Scale Experiment in Commercial Auxiliary Sail 189 by H. F. Morin Scott
No. 15 The Design Challenge of the Wind Powered Ship 199 by C, C.Herbert
No. 16 Design Problems of a Commercial Ship 215 by R. M . Willoughby in association with E. C. B. Corlett
No. 17 A Multi-Purpose Tuna Fishing Boat with Combined Propulsion 233 by M , A, Jacquemin
No. 18 Improvement of Sailing Techniques in Tropical Countries 241 by E. W . H . Gifford
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