A trial sail of Beneteau's revolutionary new Wingsail rig

2017 now. I haven't heard anymore news on this. Does anyone knows how far this project went?

So, how did it go with this magic?

Looks a bit gimmicky -- but I'm open to new ideas by Jove, I swear!

Where is Beneteau's Wingsail rig now-Oct 2016? Have they brought it to market yet? Has anyone tried one on a catamaran?

A review of a wing sail with no mention of performance?

...das ist doch kein Profil....geschweige ein Segel

New stuff is cool but I was taught in the beginning, never have something you can' fix yourself. My gather is that's a carbon fiber mast. The sail is twice the yardage. Besides the price though... I'm too old to relearn a new rig... I would be vulnerable to big mistakes like wondering out on deck half asleep and peeing over the side, leaning out against the shrouds that are now gone. I love my boat. Send me a new rig. I'd love to shake it out on my old Rawson 30+3

Is it possible to heave-to with this rig?

How is sail area reduced in heavy weather/high wind?

Does this company have a patent on this new design ?  Very good stock to have if they do have a patent on the design. Please let me know Thanks

almost two years , where is it

They should put the mast on a pneumatic system that collapses and extends as needed: taking the wing-sail with it.

It was so long ago that I did not think youtube would have any footage BUT there it is. Check out Planesail and the video of the 60's rig pop up. They are the ones that hold all the major patents and were promoting the concept. The boats could even go in reverse. Many a commercial tanker were built with it. So what are the frogs chiming about.

Nothing new or revolutionary here. I saw boats with this very same rig in the early 60's in the U.K. Often wondered why it had not become wide spread with the average boater. Boils down to a conservative crowd.

On a Catamaran with a genoa HELL YA!!! PERFECT

One more stupid talking head

This wingsail looks like what we see in windsurfing they call it cam sails and it feels better in the gust than a "normal" batten sail

Like my Freedom cat/sloop unstayed mast... this will become a smart cult thing and not mainstream.  BTW... there is no 'heave-to".  As far as force winds?  Cruisers should be in port by then.

How it handles in stronger wings? it is just released a bit or needs a reef?

Why not put a wind turbine on the sailboat.   Then it would be easier to go against the wind and if the wind died you could go to battery power.