Wind alone would be too unreliable for the commercial fishing industry. I was thinking more along the lines of those electric/diesel power plants.
D -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:44 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: [SailTalk] Your ULTIMATE Green Vehicle! > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 11:14 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [SailTalk] Your ULTIMATE Green Vehicle! > > > Duane wrote: > > I wonder if any of these guys are trying to get into the commercial > fishing > > industry. With the cost of fuel these days, I would think that would be > a > > helluva market to go after. > > > > Interesting question but probably not since these systems only makes > sense on sail boats as opposed to powered boats which most fishing > boats are. That having been said, I wonder why? Is sailing too > unreliable for fishing? I'm not sure if it's just unreliable but it probably is. It suppose it also depends on the kind of fishing. Bottom trawlers need enough power to scrape the bottom (essentially they're dragging a huge anchor across the bottom) - I doubt that wind power alone would do it. They also use the main engines to power the winches which lift the catch over the deck. Even if they use wind they'd still need something with some directed oomph to power the winches. Some fishing on the other hand (I think it's called "string fishing") basically lets out a long line with lots of hooks. It floats through the water and catches larger fish (tuna, marlin, etc) - I could see that style working well with reliable winds. Of course it's definitely possible to fish using sail boats - humans did it for centuries. But even whaleboats used longboats with oars for most of the "delicate" work (and to actually drag the main ship around if need be) - I doubt you'll see a resurgence of that model. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227756 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
