Herein is disclosed a blade
assembly (1) for providing wind propulsion for a ship (2), as well as such ship (2) having one or more blade assemblies (2), the blade
assembly (1) comprising a top end part and a lower end part for being coupled to a part of the ship (2), and a first and a second aerofoil
assembly (3, 4), each of the and the second aerofoil assembly (3, 4) comprising at least two aerofoils (5a, 5a', 5b, 5b', 5c, 5c', 105a, 105a', 105b, 105b', 105c, 105c'), wherein the first aerofoil assembly (3) is arranged at one side of a
central plane (CP) of the blade assembly (1) and the second aerofoil assembly (4) is arranged at the opposite side of the
central plane (CP) than the first aerofoil assembly (3), wherein the at least two aerofoils (5a, 5a', 5b, 5b', 5c, 5c', 105a, 105a', 105b, 105b', 105c, 105c') of each of the first and the second aerofoil assembly (3, 4) are oriented with a
leading edge (LE) of the aerofoil (5a, 5a', 5b, 5b', 5c, 5c', 105a, 105a', 105b, 105b', 105c, 105c') towards an inlet gap (IG) of the blade assembly (1) between the first aerofoil assembly (3) and the second aerofoil assembly (4), wherein the at least two aerofoils (5a, 5a', 5b, 5b', 5c, 5c', 105a, 105a', 105b, 105b', 105c, 105c') of each of the first and the second aerofoil assembly (3, 4) are arranged in an overlapping sequence so that one or more flow channels (FC) are formed between neighbouring aerofoils (5a, 5a', 5b, 5b', 5c, 5c', 105a, 105a', 105b, 105b', 105c, 105c'), and wherein for each of the first and the second aerofoil assembly (3, 4) an assembly camber line (ACAL) connecting the
leading edge (LE) of the front aerofoil (5a, 5a', 105a, 105a') nearest the inlet gap (IG) with the trailing edges (TE) of each of the aerofoils (5a, 5a', 5b, 5b', 5c, 5c', 105a, 105a', 105b, 105b', 105c, 105c') in the aerofoil assembly (3, 4) from the front aerofoil (5a, 5a', 105a, 105a') towards the back aerofoil (5b, 5b', 105b, 105b') nearest an outlet gap (OG) of the blade assembly (1) deviates from an assembly chord line (ACHL) connecting the
leading edge (LE) of the front aerofoil (5a, 5a', 105a, 105a') with the
trailing edge (TE) of the back aerofoil (5b, 5b', 105b, 105b') in a direction with a component away from the
central plane (CP), the blade assembly (1) further comprising a flow blocking arrangement (10, 11, 13, 14) which can be selectively shifted between a first position, where flow of air from the inlet gap (IG) and out through the flow channel(s) (FC) of the first aerofoil assembly (3) is limited, and a second position, where flow of air from the inlet gap (IG) and out through the flow channel(s) (FC) of the second aerofoil assembly (4) is limited.