An Autonomous Wing-Sailed Catamaran
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The following information has been extracted from the thesis submitted by Dr. Gabriel Elkaim to Stanford University, and for which he was awarded his Ph.D. The full thesis, which can be viewed at http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~elkaim/Documents/GabrielElkaimThesis01.pdf (and an extract published in the AYRS’s Journal ‘Catalyst’ which can be found at http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~elkaim/Documents/Catalyst_BoatArticle.pdf), describes the Atlantis project, whose aim was the design, development, and experimental testing of an autonomous windpropelled marine craft. The parts printed here are the ones which may be of interest to members of the JRA
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