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jstanley 7 hours ago

Possibly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship ?

SamBam 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Most of the sails in the article seemed to be rotor sails, but the suction sail mentioned by GP seems to be a type of turbosail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosail

m463 6 hours ago | parent [-]

interesting that the rotor sail principle can be used with planes too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect#In_aviation

(can't help but think "tilt rotor" of a different kind)