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Kite boats (i.imgur.com)

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago (7 children)

To not take up deck space, it looks like they'll be more like this than sails:

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 year ago

Arr! Shiver me..steel construction?

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