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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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    2 days ago

    The fastest sailboat is kind of the offset rig:

    • BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world
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      I bet it’s even faster if you reduce the weight by combining it with the deckhand obliterator!

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