On board M5, the largest single-masted sailing yacht in the world

Re:On board M5, the largest single-masted sailing yacht in t... by Simon_O_Rourke on Thursday September 14, 2023 @02:42AM (#37505734)

What's the point of it? Does one mast make it faster/better/safer? Why the attention on this point over, say, some 21-masted ship instead?

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Re:On board M5, the largest single-masted sailing yacht in t... by edpichler on Thursday September 14, 2023 @03:27AM (#37506019)

The beauty and the engineering challenge, I believe. It's similar of what happens when building the tallest skyscraper, for instance.

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Re:On board M5, the largest single-masted sailing yacht in t... by marktolson on Thursday September 14, 2023 @02:58AM (#37505827)

There isn't a lot of detail in the article regarding the rigging / sailing setup but technically it should be possible to sail this single handed unlike a multi mast / ketch vessel. There should be little difference in term of sailing handling compared to a 40 foot sloop.

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