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Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw... by nickysielicki on Sunday May 18, 2025 @03:18AM (#44019593)
The fundamentals have obviously changed. At no point in any serious engagement will it ever be important to have experience with sailing. This ship should have been dry docked and turned into a museum years ago. Two people are dead.
Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw... by shakow on Sunday May 18, 2025 @03:22AM (#44019606)
That sail-trained sailors make better sailors than engine-trained sailors is similar to how glider-trained pilots make better pilots after transition than engine-trained pilots. They typically acquired a better understanding of the medium they're evolving in, giving them a deeper understanding of the dynamic situation of their craft.
Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw... by nottorp on Sunday May 18, 2025 @03:37AM (#44019671)
Same for being aware of the lower abstraction layers down to machine code when you're programming in a high level language.
Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw... by ceejayoz on Sunday May 18, 2025 @03:21AM (#44019603)
The fundamentals include things like teamwork and following orders. You can learn those on a sailing ship just fine.
Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw... by bombcar on Sunday May 18, 2025 @06:38AM (#44020357)
You learn them better. A big ship can run just fine with a few people; heck, it's probably possible to run with just one if we admit it.

Big sailing ships don't work like that, you can't furl a sail without intense physical cooperation and teamwork.

Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw... by achierius on Sunday May 18, 2025 @03:24AM (#44019617)
This incident could have happened regardless of the type of ship. Unless you have some reason to believe otherwise, I'd suggest against saying so.
Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw... by loloquwowndueo on Sunday May 18, 2025 @09:21AM (#44021241)
There’s a lot more to seamanship and crewmanship than propulsion methods. Cuauhtemoc is a training ship designed to teach that, not primarily how to work sails. Also it was built in 1982 so I fail to see how it should be a museum ship since it’s not that old or historic.
Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw... by kbelder on Monday May 19, 2025 @07:55PM (#44036280)
You can go your whole programming career without using assembly, but it unquestionably makes you a better programmer.
Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw... by nickysielicki on Friday May 23, 2025 @07:19AM (#44071793)
Sure -- what the fuck does that have to do with sailing, though?