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Break out the sea shanties, lads and lasses! (media.kbin.social)

submitted 9 months ago by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/HistoryMemes@kbin.social

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[–] Chefdano3@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Giant kites? You mean sails? Not exactly cutting edge technology.

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[–] Skua@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Generally these ideas do actually mean kites rather than sails. The article in the image is about a design for a kite on a cable a few hundred metres long. This would only work when going downwind, but it does mean it's a lot easier to retrofit to existing ships

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