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Photo of the Pamir, one of the last commercial sailing ships in operation, picture taken in 1905, last sailing trip around Cape Horn in 1949 (infosec.pub)
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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 7 hours ago

Those masts are about 15 stories tall. A sailor would have to climb that in a high wind and manipulate a heavy sail.

Today, that would be an Olympic event.