An 89-meter long mixed cargo/passenger vessel to be built at the Armon Shipyard in Spain for Papeete, French Polynesia, based SNA Tuhaa Pae is to be fitted with a 22 meter high bound4blue eSAIL. The vessel, the Na Hiro E Pae, will operate between Tahiti and the Austral Islands, 400 miles to the southwest of Tahiti, carrying bothsupplies and up to 200 tourists.
SAILING WITH SUCTION
The eSAIL, designed for both retrofits and newbuilds, is a “suction sail.” It works by harnessing wind power to...
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