Comment on xkcd #3193: Sailing Rigs

• ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Flettner is real; Maybe it’s added lower just to blur the line.

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  • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not on a sailing ship though.

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    • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Image

      Looks like a sailing ship to me…

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      • Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  correct

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