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Re:Sailcargo by actionfromafar on Sunday April 09, 2023 @04:24PM (#35506139)
Sure, given they can compete commercially against containerships. The baseline would be like launching a new containership which is just as good, except it has a couple of thousand crew instead of a dozen.

Uphill battle...

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Re:Sailcargo by gpm on Sunday April 09, 2023 @04:29PM (#35506185)
I assume the goal would be to automate the management of the sails so that the crew could still be only a dozen or so large. Replacing crew with computers and electric motors.

Otherwise I would be surprised if you could even make a good faith argument that this will be commercially viable.

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Re:Sailcargo by bg46z on Sunday April 09, 2023 @05:00PM (#35506421)
Most sailing yachts have this system, and it is generally prone to failure
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