Abstract: A high-tailed wing sail is provided. A wing sail device includes a wing body including a wing tip and a wing base configured to rotationally couple with a vessel. The wing body is configured to freely rotate with respect to the vessel about a rotational axis. The wing sail device further includes a wing tail coupled to the wing body such that a top end of the wing tail is higher than the wing tip of the wing body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 21, 2016
Assignee:
PHOTON COMPOSITES, INC.
Inventors:
Richard Elliott Jenkins, George Seyfang