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Re:Maersk installed 100-foot-tall rotating sails on one of i... by mabbo on Friday August 31, 2018 @05:45PM (#17888782)
Interesting perspective. I hadn't considered that.

Part of me starts to wonder now about building boats that are more resilient, but then I remember that salt water is terrible and surely by now someone would have if it were possible, since we spend so much money on humans doing that maintenance!

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Re:Maersk installed 100-foot-tall rotating sails on one of i... by johnnyletrois on Friday August 31, 2018 @10:56PM (#17889900)
If man can build it, the sea will destroy it.
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Re:Maersk installed 100-foot-tall rotating sails on one of i... by toomuchtodo on Saturday September 01, 2018 @01:59AM (#17890491)
Spoken like a true sailor :)
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