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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前

xkcd #3193: Sailing Rigs

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xkcd #3193: Sailing Rigs

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xkcd #3193: Sailing Rigs

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I wanted to make the world’s fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it’s not a yawl anymore! It’s a real ketch-22.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3193/

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    Schooner is the last real one I think.

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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      The Flettner is real; Maybe it’s added lower just to blur the line.

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        Not on a sailing ship though.

        • anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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          Looks like a sailing ship to me…

          • Gladaed@feddit.org
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            They rotate not by harvesting the wind but by pushing against it. I.e. are motorized.

    • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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      correct

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