Yall know what kites are, right? So the idea is basically that. We have giant kites that catch the wind to pull people/things places. The wind is already going there, we might as well hitch a ride.

Well, there are problems, in case you can’t tell. The first one is the lack of constant wind. Half the time when I want to fly a kite, there isn’t any wind, and so nothing happens. Good news though, if we just go to about cloud level, the wind conditions are completely different. If there’s enough wind to push the clouds across the sky, it can push us. Plus, by being so high, we get an amazing view and we’re above most rain and storms.

We have another problem though, this would have to be very light, yet somehow like a kite, and big enough to carry people. My solution is basically to make a traditional small ship, if we cut off all the ship below the main deck, we make the entire thing lighter, then by making the deck and stern out of bamboo aluminum, the light materials and large surface are will lessen the upward force needed to keep it in the air.

Turning/Steering/going in any direction other than the wind will be an issue, but not a big one. We can borrow, once again from seaworthy ships and make triangular masts to tack into the wind, allowing us to go an any direction. As for steering, literally just a giant rudder designed to catch wind, so that it can be positioned to keep the ship where it wants to go.

The only difficult part of this would be getting the ships up to the clouds, and for that, a Giant slingshot might be enough.