• CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    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
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      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.