• CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one
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      1 year 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
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        1 year 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.

  • PeterPoopshit@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    What an amazing invention. Wait until someone invents a wooden stick with a flattened end that you push through the water and propels vessels forward using only manual labor.