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<p>2603:8000:5E00:2913:78EF:89E7:E4BC:841D: /* Transcript */ pun on ketch-22</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3193<br /> | date = January 12, 2026<br /> | title = Sailing Rigs<br /> | image = sailing_rigs_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 508x822px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = I wanted to make the world's fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it's not a yawl anymore! It's a real ketch-22.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This page was created recently. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> This comic shows the side profiles of a variety of different sailing boat/ship rigs, not all of which are real. The first six which are listed are real, as well as the tenth, but none of the others are. A {{w|Flettner rotor}} (shown in the tenth one) is a cylinder with disc end plates which is spun along its long axis, generating force at a right angle to the direction of the wind.<br /> <br /> The title text is a pun on a {{w|Catch-22 (logic)|Catch-22}}, a no-win situation in which the thing needed to succeed would cause it not to succeed or not to be necessary. For instance, &quot;the only way to qualify for a loan is to prove to the bank that you do not need a loan.&quot;<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}&lt;noinclude&gt;<br /> [[Category:Puns]]</div>

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