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 A collection of notes about wind assisted / Fair transport.Some vague possibility of this as a connection between older knowledges and newer ones, that could help us deal with coming changes.
+=== Projects ===
+ Existing projects, with some notes.
+==Avontuur==
+Deutsche Unternehmen, geplante Reise route nach Australien, dann in Bereich Indonesien bis Neuzeeland.
+Article from early 2015: http://www.kreiszeitung.de/lokales/niedersachsen/elsfleth-cornelius-bockermann-verschifft-bald-waren-prozent-emissionsfrei-4859197.html
+Juni 2015: http://www.nwzonline.de/wirtschaft/weser-ems/eine-idee-auf-grosser-fahrt-eine-idee-auf-grosser-fahrt_a_29,0,2981515498.html
+http://timbercoast.com/
+==Kwai==
+Basiert in Hawaii, sudpazifik. Ist noch nicht ganz Windbetrieben.
+==Tres Hombres==
+The original. Hollandisches Schiff, seit 2009 unterwegs, bekannt durch rum, kaffee und chocolade.
+Bericht von einem Matrosen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihBHZu3h_tg
+==Nordlys==
+Zweites Schiff von Fairtransport Gruppe. 141 Jahre alt. Europaisches Kustennaehes Transport, Norwegen bis Portugal.
+Unfall: http://www.kleinezeitung.at/s/steiermark/suedostsued/4846212/Rum-aus-der-Karibik_Trotz-Schiffbruchs-voll-in-Fahrt
+http://fairtransport.eu/ships/nordlys/
+==Grayhound==
+UK basiert, organische Getraenke zwischen Normandie / Bretagne und suedliches UK. Beer und Wein, Cider.
+Men Who Sail
+An Amsterdam based group who seem to charter one of the sailing vessels to do the deliveries ofr a bis music / arts festival in the islands off the Dutch coast.
+==Undine==
+year old steel vessel. Sylt nach Hamburg.
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVfFfjvQadI
+Nimmt 3 LKW Ladungen, die per Faehre 500 Euro kostet. Also es lohnt sich.
+==Vermon Freight Sail Project==
+They built a ship in 2012 for the cost of 20,000 USD. This did shipping up and down the Vermont River in 2013-14. It was planning an expansion, but did not find backers. The Vermont project closed in July 2015: https://vermontsailfreightproject.wordpress.com/about/
+Some links to articles: http://www.willowell.org/programs/sail/
+Longer article from end of 2013, after the maiden voyage: http://archive.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20131124/GREEN01/311240006/Vermont-Sail-Freight-Project-highlights-old-shipping-methods-along-Lake-Champlain
+==Schooner Ruth==
+Afloat in the Caribbean. According to the riggers, it has a great rig but has not gone any further.
+http://www.schoonerruth.com/
+She has sailed at least one in February 2015: http://www.topsailrigging.com/blog/mount-ray-regatta-first-sail-on-ruth
+==John Leavitt==
+tonne sailing cargo vessel built by Ned Ackermann and a group in Maine in 1979 in response to oil embargo and massive increases in oil prices. Self overesimation, they left into a strom, fully laden and foundered. The crew was rescued, the vessel a write off, and the pall still hangs over the whole sail cargo scene.
+http://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/18/nyregion/a-dream-that-foundered.html
+The film is called Coaster, but does not seem to be available online.
 === Meeting at NSRSail conference in Harlingen===