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I wanted to make the world’s fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it’s not a yawl anymore! It’s a real ketch-22.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3193/
The Flettner is real; Maybe it’s added lower just to blur the line.
Not on a sailing ship though.
Looks like a sailing ship to me…
They rotate not by harvesting the wind but by pushing against it. I.e. are motorized.