• B0rax@feddit.org
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    22 hours ago

    136m is relatively short for a transatlantic ship… these days conventional ships are up to 400m long.

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      21 hours ago

      True but at a longer hull length you just add more sails, the limitation would be sail area per unit of hull length, not some absolute limit to how big you can go in total sail area.