Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing

Re:Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic ... by Towaway69 on Sunday November 09, 2025 @02:45AM (#45863710)

It’s probably one of the best understood methods of crossing oceans, just that all the knowledge has been forgotten.

Recall how slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas.

How gold was transported from the South America to Europe and sugar from the Caribbean.

And not forgetting how opium was transported to China by the Europeans from India.

So transporting stuff by sail is definitely not “unresearched” rather it is a forgotten technology.

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Re:Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic ... by moron4hire on Sunday November 09, 2025 @09:18AM (#45865761)

You have misread my comment. It was a preamble to the rest of my post, not a criticism of the original idea.

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