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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

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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  • tiramichu@sh.itjust.works
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    I can’t quite identify the point at which this turns from real to parody

    • Gladaed@feddit.org
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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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