French boat hauls luxury cargoes across Atlantic with sail power
By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read SAINT-NAZAIRE, France, Feb 25 (Reuters) - In a return to the age of the clipper, a French company is using a sailing boat to ply the trade routes that pre-dated steam power - and delivering wine and chocolate to environmentally conscious customers on either side of the Atlantic. Sleek and light like its larger predecessors, the aluminium-hulled “Grain de Sail” was custom built in a French shipyard and combines the technology used in modern yachts with a hold that can accommodate up to 50 tonnes of cargo. It docked at Saint-Nazaire, in France’s northwestern Br...
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