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    8 months ago

    You can’t use traditional sails on a ship of that size and mass, they wouldn’t make much difference and would need a large crew to operate.

    If you want to apply the concept to modern ships, you need to design stronger sails (e.g. made of metal), you need to make it easy to operate with a small crew and you need to also design them in a way that doesn’t interfere with cranes in ports.

    It’s not as easy as just slapping sails and calling it a day.