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World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing
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Nice, though I wonder about reliability of this thing, as well as capital costs. In any case, an auxiliary motor is a must, and good thing they have that too.
We did without auxiliary motors for a long time. The only reason a motor would be needed is if everyone is too greedy to pay for the work to be done right (having a big enough crew for rowing).
But the crew can't stop the world from being greedy, so it makes sense that they're using sails and a motor to improve on what they can.
You'll need engines for manoeuvering. Other ways are just painful and not as safe.
No. I'll need engines because I have too many enemies, and not enough supporters.
Rowing (or even getting out to swim and pull) is safer if you have enough people, because we can't safely make and power engines.
I want a boat bigger than I can row on my own, so I want a motor. But I wouldn't want much if I wasn't up against people that seem to use motorized stuff to derive an advantage while starting gunfights over food that isn't rightly theirs.