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ship's rig consists of a single panel operated by a single person. The masts are freestanding, the curved yards being attached rigidly to the masts. To adjust the angle of the sails, the entire mast rotates in place. When fully deployed, the sails on each mast have no gaps between them, creating a single panel to capture the wind. It is estimated to have twice the efficiency of a traditional square rig.
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The DynaRig, along with the original, "DynaSchiff", is a trademarked name. The original concept by Prölß was for a combined rig and hull with extremely high efficiency of operation and the use of wind power to propel a large vessel across an open body of water. The modern controller for the entire
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was formalised and tested by Dutch naval architects Dykstra Naval Architects, and engineered and built by Insensys Ltd. on the premises of
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and designed by Italian Nuvolari Lenard. Naval architecture and DynaRig design of Black Pearl was done by Dykstra Naval Architects.
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In 2016 a similar rig designed and engineered by the same team was built by Magma Structures in
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square-rigged
rigging
clipper ship
Maltese Falcon
Perini Navi
Portsmouth
Black Pearl
Oceanco
Alblasserdam
"Maltese Falcon"
The Aero- and Hydromechanics of Keel Yachts
ISBN
978-3-319-13275-4
"The development of the high-tech DynaRig on sailing superyachts"
Perkins, Tom
Navi, Perini
The Maltese Falcon: the realization
the original
Categories
Sailing rigs and rigging
German inventions
1960s introductions
1960s in West Germany

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