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Vs. storms at sea it's not a major difference, and if anything the sail boat is in better shape. The real advantage is accurate weather reports to avoid the wor
by ryathal 6y ago
Vs. storms at sea it's not a major difference, and if anything the sail boat is in better shape. The real advantage is accurate weather reports to avoid the worst of it.
- adwn 6y ago> if anything the sail boat is in better shape Why? That sounds implausible. Firstly, the larger a ship, the less affected it is by waves. Secondly, high winds will shred your sails, but without sails it's hard to maneuver .
- sn41 6y agoThe problem with Ever Given was exactly the "sail area", since it was a big boat [1]. You can check videos of container ships in storms on Youtube. [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/sail-area https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/sail-area
- adwn 6y agoI did. They seem to be doing fine, even in waves which could have swallowed an entire sailing ship.