Abstract:
For the last few years, the crude oil prices increase steadily. The increase
of oil prices is a major problem for the operating cost of the boats. The efficient
usage of oil for a boat can decrease the fuel cost. Others problems are the smoke
which created from engine can create pollution. The large kite may serve to assist
ship or boat to reduce the usage of fuel to propel a vessel. This research was
carried out to create a model of kite and to setup test for small boat. The
comparison of generate power and operating cost of between boat with kite sail
and without kite sail was investigated. This research also estimates the amount of
fuel consumption. The result indicates that, annual operation cost for boat with
kite sail is RM1045.16 while the annual operation cost for boat without kite sail is
RM1562.08.
