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Kite boats (i.imgur.com)
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[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

How do you account for wind direction with something like that? With a sail you can steer into the wind.

[-] tempestuousknave@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Fore and aft rigged ships sail into the wind pretty well, but square rigged ships were better outfitted for running with the trades. This design would probably do something similar, but yeah, next they'll invent masts and yardarms and booms, and then we'll be back to squabbling over trade routes in the Caribbean.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Arr! Shiver me..steel construction?

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