The unmanned Windvinder is the first headwind powered research vessel of the EXPEDITION TO THE ORIGINS OF THE WIND – a satellite on the ocean, steered by wind alone and driven by headwind. A wind turbine drives the ship’s propeller; a tail fin in the wind keeps the vessel on its never changing course: straight into the wind.
In six years at sea the original ship has developed to a global expedition of a growing fleet of Windfinders – research vessels who invite to research: “Find out how this works, and make it better and bigger!” The single vessels are small because they have to be small: Their job is, literally, to bring people on board. Green shipping is a worldwide project. The majority of the inhabitants of this planet are normal people. They are not investors for oil tankers with Flettner rotors but they do have millions of vessels. And they do have ideas…
