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    Alcyone Turbosail

    I figured I'd post these since my wife just scanned the slides for a history we have to write.

    This is the Cousteau ship Alcyone WAY back in 1986 when we all had more free time and spare money.
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-10-18-alcyone-san-pedro-exhibition-14.jpg

    Note the two Turbosails. Aside from the things we told people they were when we were feeling silly, they're the main means of propulsion.
    They work a lot like a cloth sail, but there is a fan in the top (turbo) that pulls in air along the length to create a partial vacuum. This gives lift and the sail can be rotated as needed to follow the wind.

    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-alcyone.jpg

    That flap to the right can pivot to either slide of the perforated area so the sale can get lift on either side.
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-09-27-alcyone-san-francisco-exhibition-10.jpg

    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-09-27-alcyone-san-francisco-exhibition-12.jpg

    Normal navigations tools with an additional readout of the live sail configuration
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-09-27-alcyone-san-francisco-exhibition-15.jpg

    Always have paper maps
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-09-27-alcyone-san-francisco-exhibition-16.jpg

    Electronics, 1986 era
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-09-27-alcyone-san-francisco-exhibition-17.jpg
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-09-27-alcyone-san-francisco-exhibition-18.jpg

    Base of one of the sails
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-09-27-alcyone-san-francisco-exhibition-19.jpg
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-10-18-alcyone-san-pedro-exhibition-19.jpg

    Dive gear spray painted silver
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-10-18-alcyone-san-pedro-exhibition-9.jpg

    Computer with me planting a virus...
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-10-18-alcyone-san-pedro-exhibition-10.jpg

    The power behind it all
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-10-18-alcyone-san-pedro-exhibition-13.jpg

    The guy next to my wife is the engineer who designed the ship
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-10-18-alcyone-san-pedro-exhibition-16.jpg

    And, of course, Jean-Michel Cousteau the herder of cats (crew) and personality on camera
    Alcyone Turbosail-1986-10-18-alcyone-san-pedro-exhibition-22.jpg

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