Motorized yachts seem to be quite a bit larger with much more Sq footage built above the water level than their masted brethren, why is this?
I’m assuming the masts have something to do with it. Is it because they would torque the boat too hard if they were higher up? They already seem pretty high up as is and older vessels like Galleons in pirate movies seem just peachy with a ton of room above the water level. Why is it that most luxury yachts now are so low?
Edit: to clarify I mean shorter as a function of verticality not the length of the boat.
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Galleons had really big crews. It’s relatively simple to operate a modern motorized yacht. One person can basically do it. But the whole reason to have a sailing boat is because you want to do all the stuff manually. Do it the old fashioned way. But you probably don’t have a crew of like a hundred guys to help you do that. So modern sailing ships are going to be limited, size-wise, to what a small group can handle.
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