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Expensive sailing yachts like this operate under power most of the time. The sails are mostly for show and are typically used when the guests "feel like it".
by whitepoplar 5y ago
Expensive sailing yachts like this operate under power most of the time. The sails are mostly for show and are typically used when the guests "feel like it".
- granzymes 5y agoGood to know. Out of curiosity, are the sails on this type of ship typically enough to power the ship on their own?
- usrusr 5y agoClearly no and clearly yes: the sails won't provide auxiliary power, the electricity required to supply the navigation instruments (and lights, and the fridge, and sail automaton and in this case perhaps a Jacuzzi drawing more power than a village). But propulsion power, in favorable conditions, sure. And there's no lower bound for propulsion anyways: on a calm day with zero current you could run the boat on Jeff Bezos pulling it on a stand-up paddle board, infinitesimally slow.