Comments by "Vikki McDonough" (@vikkimcdonough6153) on "Paddles and Propellers - It's all about the rotation" video.

  1. Why did it take so long for sailing ships to adopt tripod masts? Going from pole masts to tripod masts would allow the standing rigging to be eliminated, considerably simplifying maintenance, freeing up space on deck, and reducing the risk of a ship being dismasted by enemy gunfire (due to the replacement of the relatively-fragile standing-rigging cables with thicker, stronger poles), yet tripod masts on sailing ships don't really start appearing until almost the end of the Age of Sail... ?
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