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To: nickcarraway

Weren’t they ‘tested’, starting some 500 years ago?


2 posted on 08/22/2023 2:03:43 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: BobL

lol - thinking the same thing. Should have a skull & crossbones on the main sail.


4 posted on 08/22/2023 2:07:08 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: BobL

Oars and Uyghar galley slaves are up next.


7 posted on 08/22/2023 2:09:24 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: BobL

I think there may be merit to using wind again, as an assist. Even a few knots in assist can save thousands of gallons of fuel over a cruise.


13 posted on 08/22/2023 2:18:39 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: BobL

Sailboats were first tested about 6,000 years ago (and we have the Polaroids to prove it).


17 posted on 08/22/2023 2:31:26 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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