Sail ho....really?

An article in the NYT is touting the return of sail power in the form of a 39 ft. sail powered barge bringing produce and other locally produced farm items to NYC via the Hudson River.  This is the brainchild of a consortium (if you could dignify this little bootstrap operation with that name) of Vermont and NY growers along the Lake Champlain-Hudson river corridor.  My own little corner of the NCR was once a bustling lake port in the 18th and 19th centuries.  The Valcour port provided an easy means for locals to reach markets for their goods via boat rather than the primitive roads that existed at that time.  While the movers behind this latest sailpower initiative freely admit it is more show than go, they also point out that 9 million people live within walking distance of the ports the little sailboat will stop at.  Do I think I'll be selling produce via sail in the near future?  I doubt it, but stunt or not, at least their is creative thinking evident in our area.