Feasibility of Sailing Ships for the American Merchant Marine

Abstract

The study is an economic comparison of the performances of several sizes of sailing ships vs those of comparable powered ships, all on several long trade routes from North American ports. The ships, both sa•i and powered, are of 15,000, 30,000, and 45,000 tons cargo deadwe•ght. The routes studied are East Coast Liberia, East Coast North Europe, West Coast Australia, and West Coast East Asia. Particular cargoes are not specified, but in general are intended to be buik cargoes in trades that require the ship sizes listed.