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.
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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.

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That flap to the right can pivot to either slide of the perforated area so the sale can get lift on either side.
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Normal navigations tools with an additional readout of the live sail configuration
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Always have paper maps
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Electronics, 1986 era
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Base of one of the sails
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Dive gear spray painted silver
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Computer with me planting a virus...
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The power behind it all
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The guy next to my wife is the engineer who designed the ship
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And, of course, Jean-Michel Cousteau the herder of cats (crew) and personality on camera
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