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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>gCaptain - Latest Comments in Skysails - First Ocean Voyage A&amp;nbsp;Success</title><link>http://gcaptain.disqus.com/</link><description>A blog about ships!</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:31:16 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Skysails - First Ocean Voyage A&amp;nbsp;Success</title><link>http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/skysails-first-ocean-voyage-a-success/#comment-1349739</link><description>Interesting. One thing I wonder about is the impact of wind direction on performance. The company website says that the wind needs to be at least 70 degrees off the bow, but I couldn't find anything on propulsive force as a function of wind direction.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I'd think the economics would be far better if the system can be used on both legs of a round trip, rather than only one way.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">david foster</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:31:16 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>