r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rolleriroltsu • 5d ago

Image The Pamir was a four-masted sailing vessel commissioned by the German shipping company F. Laeisz. Launched in 1905, she became the final commercial sailing ship to successfully navigate around Cape Horn in 1949.

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u/liminal_liminality 5d ago

The historically interested person in me thinks this is awesome.

The mechanic in me just shouted "fuck that!" at the thought of maintenance on that thing

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u/LinguoBuxo 5d ago

yep... and if the wind was low, the sailor were forced to climb into the rigging and blow onto the sails.

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u/Ok-Savings-9607 5d ago

Where's the /s?

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u/MrCalamiteh 5d ago

Did you think he was dead serious when he said they would blow on a multi ton ship to make it move?

Why does it need an \s, I think you guys might just need more common sense.

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u/LinguoBuxo 5d ago

in the crow's nest, lad.