Alcyone (1985 ship) explained

Alcyone is a ship launched at La Rochelle in 1985 for the Cousteau Society. Alcyone was created as an expedition ship and to test the operation of a new kind of marine propulsion system, the turbosail. Alcyones two turbosails augment its diesel engines. Since the accidental sinking of, Alcyone has been the Cousteau Society's expedition vessel.

Alcyone in popular culture

• John Denver wrote a short song called "Alcyone The Wind" as a tribute to Alcyone. The song was sung in the 1993 documentary Secret Societies of Dolphins and Whales.

External links

• Cousteau Society's ship page for the Alcyone
• Jean-Charles Nahon (Naval Architect Bureau Mauric) and Bernard Deguy (First captain of Alcyone): Experience with sail assisted propulsion: the Alcyone (presentation slides, 2013. PDF, 13 MB)
• Description of Turbosail
• Web site: Description of Turbosail. Cousteau Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210648/http://www.cousteau.org/en/downloadfiles/alcyone_and_turbosail.pdf . 2007-09-27.