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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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[-] lbfgs@programming.dev 34 points 4 weeks ago

Chaos rig? Sounds heretical

this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2026
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