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Pretty sure at least three of those are AI hallucinations...

Oops, all spinnakers sounds like a good restaurant name.

I would like to see a whimsy vs. efficiency study on this. I believe "James and the Giant Peach" has some background material.

The Flettner as well.

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i’m not familiar with these terms in english. are the first two rows real?

The Bunkbed looks like one of those Polynesian double hulled boats but in a really weird perspective.

I hadn't and I was chuckling with delight, thank you for sharing!

No "ketchup" rig?

Usually, these things from XKCD are either a mixture of real and made-up. In this case, I feel like they're either all real or all made up, but I can't decide which.

No ham radio rig?

Mickeys deckhand smasher

no mimic octopus?

If you squint it looks like Cuneiform

Is there also a "things keep evolving into crab claws" rig?

(An imitation crab claw rig looks like a triangular sail traditionally used in the Pacific islands with spars on top and bottom but is actually made of pulverized pollock and a bit of red dye)

Underrated

Offset rig is cooking

Yacht rigged....

Given the price of anchor chain these days, a cheaper way of doing the deckhand obliterator is just have them stand in the cockpit during a jibe.

I'm such a landlubber. i only know a handfull of these

I recall the longsail rig utilized a heavy-duty whisker pole well-aft to provide sufficient leverage for trimming.

"deckhand obliterator" got a bark of laughter 🤣

ok, but now I'm wondering if an offset rig might have some unforeseen advantages

I don't know how many of these are real

I don't know which of these are made up

Oh yeah (and I'm honestly flattered by how many people want me to see it - it's reminded me of a thread I want to write)

Isn't that last one from Return of the King?

Unclassifiable Chaos Rig: It's AI, isn't it

I remember a quiz on various sailing topics, with a mix of real stuff and kinda nonsense stuff. My favourite was: "What are you signalling when you hoist your anchor to the top of your main mast?" "I'm about to capsize."

The bunkbed rig is a great idea! If the bottom bunk springs a leak, no panic, just detach and head upstairs!

The chaos rig looks more real than a decent chunk of them 🤣

@dreadships.bsky.social relevant to your interests 🤣

You left out Exandrian sky ships.

You are 100% correct

I sea what you did there 😉

With these kind of xkcds it's always fun to try and identify where the examples shift from real to fantastical. I suspect in this case it's the ketch-rigged gaff (number 7) that is the first fictional one.

*endorsed*

Read this in The Scotsman's voice

🤭 I was trying to think of a barque/bight line & couldn't get there.

😜 It’s like Stephen Maturin in the Patrick O’Brian books making up all kinds of nautical shit to unsuspecting interlocutors.

The unclassifiable chaos rig looks like every pirate ship I ever tried to draw as a kid haha

Keel rigs arye underestimated. They shouldn't be in the funny part of this drawing.

Lateen is Arabic 😡🙃

Neither do I, I just assume it starts when you can really notice the sails are just cut and pasted at random from other silhouettes.

The gaff is the spar at the top of the sail which is why the gaff-rigged sloop has a sail that isn't triangular. (and, indeed, a careful look will reveal that the schooner has one on both of its masts.) So yes, rearranging that word is when things go off the rails.

The mastless rig looks sus. 🤷‍♂️

Every rig is an argument between wood, wind, and patience. The sea rewards the one who listens before adjusting the sail.

Every rig is an argument with the wind. The beautiful part is that the wind never signs the contract.

> Unclassifiable. (squints in Barquentine)

I think ur tryin to do me a bamboozle

As someone who knows nothing about sailing, most of these words are complete gibberish to me, very funny

If these are the common sailing rigs, I don’t think I really want to see the uncommon rigs.

I have no idea why but I absolutely adore this My favourite is the offset rig

I’ve seen a few “Oops, All Jibs” out there and I’m obsessed with the idea.

Meanwhile in Texas, a new team of engineers-turned-rancher-pirates are pioneering a new class of vessel: the cattle driven ya'll. Attempts at methane capture to improve speeds have so far been unsuccessful in very horrific ways.

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If you don't plant the post securely, the aft sail may be mizzen.

I believe that's called a Yawl-cum-Barque now, y'hear?

They actually did classify the Chaos Rigs: #ManOfWar whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Man_o%2...

JFC that alt text really reefs my mizzen.

No “Gaming Rig”? You can turn any one of those examples into it, you just have to add RGB LEDs to the sails.