European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine the 440-Lool-Long wind Star wind song s after hip when the wind reaches 20 or 30 knots sailing along in High tech luxury by Peter h. Lewis new York times Apt. Jean Marie Guillou standing on Iho Bridge of he 440 fool Long wind song the longest and most technically advanced sailing ship Ever built gave the older the set sail Inlo new York Harbor he extended his right inde linger lapped a few Sullons on the console in front of him. And nodded approvingly As inc computer Monitor diagrammed each of the ship s six triangular sans As they began unfurling automatically nearly Iso tet above him sensors atop he ship s Loui specially designed 12-ton aluminium mass Ted a Stream of Dala on wind Speed and direction to a computer work station on the Bridge the computer was already Cancu Ealing and displaying the hearing 11b 3dcg/qesrudder Angle 1 4 degrees ale of i urn Hie Harbor a Century ago the wind song surged ii had it Asmo computers adjusted thu Mil to Cait a the Luh Cert wind and wafer. When inc Winro or ,.--, to r r m k -.-,in ,", snid Jean cd Rautio f Olivcr. Wjk sir Lent of   cruises Ltd Ihu Miami by i d company thai  in owed song and her Siskin ship Iho wind Star two decks Helow. In a teak panelled dining room 100 guests aboard the wind song hoisted flutes of Champagne to Toast Iho new luxury passenger ship on her Maiden voyage. The ship is beginning regular we Klong cruises this month through French polynesia carrying 150 passengers who Are perhaps jaded by conventional cruise ships floating hotels polier called hem and who can afford the s2,635-per-person Rale based on double occupancy hat is Iho Price of experiencing the Romance of the sailing ship polished by the science of modern maritime technology each Cabin Tor example has a color to a Var and a satellite Telephone Lor direct ship to Shore dealing anywhere in the world although Romance is the primary Benefit of sails on a cruise ship fico wind song there Are Many practical benefits for commercial ships As Well said Francois Faury director of naval construction Tor the so cite Nouvelle Des Ateliers Al shanties do Hart  the wind song and wind Star were built at an estimated cos i of s33 million each on this 10.000-mile trip from to Havre we will be under sail a bul about 2,000miles," Faury Sard. So. The fuel consumption is Aboul Ono fifth Hal of a Normal ship. If such efficiencies could be realized throughout the commercial shipping Industry which now consumes More than 750 million barrels of Luel Oil each year wind Power could save billions of dollars a year. But Energy gains on the few cargo ships that Hae already adopted sails have been much More modest. Japanese cargo ships outfitted Wilh rigid Dacron panels thai operate like Butterfly wings Are reporting average fuel savings of 10 to 5 percent Faury said but As much As 35 to 40 percent on Short trips the wind song s sails which Are made of a special polyester fabric Are furled and unfurled by mechanical winches thai move Back and North along the booms while the slays rotate. They can be deployed or retracted in less than a minute. It a Power failure occurs Hydraulic accumulators automatically retract the sails unless the Captain overrides the system within 30 seconds the computer itself a Hewlett Packard 300 series work station fits snugly into a closet sized room on the Bridge it also controls the Hydraulic pumps of the ship s Anil heeling tanks and the retractable Lin stabilizers computer control allows the wind song to function with a deck and engine  Al just 22. Leaving the remaining go or so Crew members free to Cater to the 150 passengers 1 the ship is a system it words As a Robol. Faury explained  is natural since his company Ach specializes in ship repair and is a major maker at it cos used Tor a dog the soft Vare for his Sysler a was developed h specialists in Bolh shipbuilding and robots he  do flu the recent technological advances Herald Mie return of commercial sailing ships which began vanishing from Nev Vork Harbor when the statue of Liberty was now1 three years ago. I Ould nol have a