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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