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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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    Not on a sailing ship though.

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      Looks like a sailing ship to me…

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        They rotate not by harvesting the wind but by pushing against it. I.e. are motorized.

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