Having explored several different sailing rig designs B9 Shipping has chosen the free standing and free rotating Dyna-rig system, originally designed in the 1960’s by Wilhelm Prolls.
There are several valuable commercial advantages:
- sails operated electronically improves safety - crew don’t handle sails;
- ability to swiftly turn out of the wind in the event of a sudden squall;
- rig comprises multiple relatively small sails. If one gets blown easy to replace. Loss of one doesn’t compromise overall performance. Replacement takes place safely in port;
- ability to trim sails electronically achieves best wind angles maximising wind power;
- free-standing -no lines cluttering the deck to impair loading/discharge
This sailing rig solution has been recently deployed on the super yacht MALTESE FALCON:
In first 12 months of her operation Maltese Falcon
- Sailed 23,310 NM
- Crossed Atlantic twice
- Deployed 12,179 individual sail sets
- Achieved 24.9 knots top speed
- 381 NM in 24 hrs -twice
- Used sail 61% of time at sea
Having explored several different sailing rig designs B9 Shipping has chosen the free standing and free rotating Dyna-rig system, originally designed in the 1960’s by Wilhelm Prolls.
There are several valuable commercial advantages:
- sails operated electronically improves safety - crew don’t handle sails;
- ability to swiftly turn out of the wind in the event of a sudden squall;
- rig comprises multiple relatively small sails. If one gets blown easy to replace. Loss of one doesn’t compromise overall performance. Replacement takes place safely in port;
- ability to trim sails electronically achieves best wind angles maximising wind power;
- free-standing -no lines cluttering the deck to impair loading/discharge
This sailing rig solution has been recently deployed on the super yacht MALTESE FALCON:
In first 12 months of her operation Maltese Falcon
- Sailed 23,310 NM
- Crossed Atlantic twice
- Deployed 12,179 individual sail sets
- Achieved 24.9 knots top speed
- 381 NM in 24 hrs -twice
- Used sail 61% of time at sea