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Did you know that the Walker Wingsail is back? - Actually it never really went away!

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Did you know that Serbia has a shipyard?

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Well neither did I, but I do now - here's proof!

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The name of the company running the funds is TRIADELPHIA Investments.

The shipyard is in Belgrade, and there is a second yard, VALHALI in the Netherlands.

Beluga Skysails

The ship was not only the first commercial new building vessel built on the Belgrade shipyard in many years, but it was also the largest ship ever built in Serbia with it’s length of 132,20 m, width of 15,87 m and draught of 7,73 m. After completion of the hull, it was transported to the Netherlands for finalization.

Her maiden voyage was to Venezuela, partly under sail power, in the form of a sail kite. For videos of the ship, enter her name into Google. There are several on YouTube.

You can see the bases of the two port side onboard cranes installed later.

Do you remember Walker Wingsail? Rigid computer controlled wingsails on boats and ships.

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The company has been revived - The case against it dismissed.

MV Ashington was the first wingsail assisted freighter. The original intention was to have sails fitted fore and aft, but she only had the one installed. It not only helped the ship on voyages, but also assisted considerably in steering and docking, the thrust provided being quite considerable on a small ship. She changed hands sadly and as the oil price had collapsed ($7.00 a barrel) the sail was neglected and was removed. Imagine the savings today!

There is no technical reason why a number of such units could not be fitted to larger vessels, thus providing more thrust. The latest designs actually give more thrust than the one on the Ashington!

Blue Nova is one of four such yachts built by WWS. She is computer controlled (micro mariner) and has been tested under the most severe conditions, including a hurricane! All four vessels are still in use. There was also a smaller model.

Latest news

Feasibility Study A wingsail assisted survey vessel.

Research is ongoing - see the link to the right.

This Page created June 25th. 2008 Edited. 19th August 2008 - counter added.


Beluga Skysails The ship was not only the first commercial new building vessel built on the Belgrade shipyard in many years, but it was also the largest ship ever built in Serbia with it’s length of 132,20 m, width of 15,87 m and draught of 7,73 m. After completion of the hull, it was transported to the Netherlands for finalization.

Her maiden voyage was to Venezuela, partly under sail power, in the form of a sail kite. For videos of the ship, enter her name into Google. There are several on YouTube. You can see the bases of the two port side onboard cranes installed later.

Do you remember Walker Wingsail? Rigid computer controlled wingsails on boats and ships.
SHADOTEC	The company has been revived - The case against it dismissed.
	MV Ashington was the first wingsail assisted freighter. The original intention was to have sails fitted fore and aft, but she only had the one installed. It not only helped the ship on voyages, but also assisted considerably in steering and docking, the thrust provided being quite considerable on a small ship. She changed hands sadly and as the oil price had collapsed ($7.00 a barrel) the sail was neglected and was removed. Imagine the savings today! There is no technical reason why a number of such units could not be fitted to larger vessels, thus providing more thrust. The latest designs actually give more thrust than the one on the Ashington!
Blue Nova is one of four such yachts built by WWS. She is computer controlled (micro mariner) and has been tested under the most severe conditions, including a hurricane! All four vessels are still in use. There was also a smaller model.


Latest news	Feasibility Study A wingsail assisted survey vessel.
Research is ongoing - see the link to the right.