This podcast tells the story of the UK-funded Winds of Change project which is working to install a wing-sail onto a ship. Wind propulsion, sometimes called wind assist systems, is increasingly being seen as a way for modern shipping to use wind to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels (fuel oils and marine diesel).

Through the story of the Winds of Change podcast this series will highlight the passion and drive to introduce new technologies into an industry which is famously slow to adapt to change, and why such solutions are needed.

In this episode of the Winds of Change podcast, we hear from three doctors.

Dr. Martyn Prince is in charge of the model testing tank at Southampton University where a model of Pacific Grebe was now been tested to get the hydrodynamic data.

Dr. Joe Banks at the University of Southampton is an expert on modeling and how to use the data from the ship and Smart Green Shipping's FastRig to get the correct models

Dr James Mason at Smart Green Shipping brings this all together to get the performance models to help predict how the ship and rig will work in reality and then couple this with weather routing to ensure the ship can get the most out of the system

Gavin Allwright, secretary general at the International WIndship Association talks about the reason for doing this in a standard way to ensure shipping folk can compare and contrast and find the right system for the right ship.

Host: Craig Eason

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