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 This comic portrays a fictional scenario where a ship's captain, apparently unfamiliar with tacking, has developed an alternative method based on {{w|kedging}} (also known as warping).
-The basics of kedging are not dissimilar to the comic: a boat affixes a rope or chain to an anchor point (such as a literal anchor) and winches itself closer. Traditionally, kedging involves deploying an anchor from the vessel, either manually or via a smaller boat, and then {{w|winch|winching}} the ship toward the anchor point using ropes or chains. This is a real method, but is clearly very slow and labor intensive. Generally kedging is only effective in shallow waters and employed when tacking is not an option, as for example in harbors or narrow channels where space is tightly constricted. The captain in this strip appears to be using it for long-distance travel, which would be highly impractical. What's more, he deploys his anchor with a cannon, wasting large amounts of gunpowder (although with the setup as depicted, wasting gunpowder would be the least of a ship's concerns, as firing something the weight of an anchor any meaningful distance would require so much force it would outright rupture just about any age of sail artillery piece{{acn}}). Meanwhile, a confused Cueball looks on, wondering why the Captain isn't trying to use tacking instead.
+The basics of kedging are not dissimilar to the comic: a boat affixes a rope or chain to an anchor point (such as a literal anchor) and winches itself closer. Traditionally, kedging involves deploying an anchor from the vessel, either manually or via a smaller boat, and then {{w|winch|winching}} the ship toward the anchor point using ropes or chains. This is a real method, but is clearly very slow and labor intensive. Generally kedging is only effective in shallow waters and employed when tacking is not an option, as for example in harbors or narrow channels where space is tightly constricted. The captain in this strip appears to be using it for long-distance travel, which would be highly impractical. What's more, he deploys his anchor with a cannon, wasting large amounts of gunpowder (although with the setup as depicted, wasting gunpowder would be the least of a ship's concerns, as firing something the weight of an anchor any meaningful distance would require so much force it would outright rupture just about any age of sail artillery piece).{{acn}} Meanwhile, a confused Cueball looks on, wondering why the Captain isn't trying to use tacking instead.
 This approach to transportation has been used in war, allowing ships to maneuver without wind [https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/the-war-of-1812/uss-constitution-escaping-a-british-squadron.html], but such was done with smaller boats hauling the anchor, rather than cannonfire.

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 The basics of kedging are not dissimilar to the comic: a boat affixes a rope or chain to an anchor point (such as a literal anchor) and winches itself closer. Traditionally, kedging involves deploying an anchor from the vessel, either manually or via a smaller boat, and then {{w|winch|winching}} the ship toward the anchor point using ropes or chains. This is a real method, but is clearly very slow and labor intensive. Generally kedging is only effective in shallow waters and employed when tacking is not an option, as for example in harbors or narrow channels where space is tightly constricted. The captain in this strip appears to be using it for long-distance travel, which would be highly impractical. What's more, he deploys his anchor with a cannon, wasting large amounts of gunpowder (although with the setup as depicted, wasting gunpowder would be the least of a ship's concerns, as firing something the weight of an anchor any meaningful distance would require so much force it would outright rupture just about any age of sail artillery piece{{acn}}). Meanwhile, a confused Cueball looks on, wondering why the Captain isn't trying to use tacking instead.
-This approach to transportation has been used in war when the wind halts[https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/the-war-of-1812/uss-constitution-escaping-a-british-squadron.html], with ongoing gunfire. An editor mentioned this because it happened to be a top result in a casual websearch for “kedging” but did not look further. Still, this may be where the concept of using a cannon to deploy the anchor came from, as such a situation may involve an excess supply of gunpowder.
+This approach to transportation has been used in war, allowing ships to maneuver without wind [https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/the-war-of-1812/uss-constitution-escaping-a-british-squadron.html], but such was done with smaller boats hauling the anchor, rather than cannonfire.
 Where the water is too deep for the anchor to reach the bottom, a so-called {{w|sea anchor}} could theoretically be used, but would be even less practical. Kedging with a sea anchor would effectively be a very slow and inefficient version of rowing, which is an alternative (albeit labor-intensive) method to travel against the wind.

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	Prior to the invention of powered ships, oceangoing vessels moved primarily by means of wind power, which meant that they were restricted by the direction and power of the winds. If a sailing vessel needs to travel upwind (against the wind), they typically make use of a technique called {{w\|Tacking_(sailing)\|tacking}} (or "tacking against the wind") which involves zigzagging across the wind's direction, using the airfoil of the sail to exert force perpendicular to it. This method is significantly slower and more difficult than traveling downwind, but it makes upwind navigation possible.		Prior to the invention of powered ships, oceangoing vessels moved primarily by means of wind power, which meant that they were restricted by the direction and power of the winds. If a sailing vessel needs to travel upwind (against the wind), they typically make use of a technique called {{w\|Tacking_(sailing)\|tacking}} (or "tacking against the wind") which involves zigzagging across the wind's direction, using the airfoil of the sail to exert force perpendicular to it. This method is significantly slower and more difficult than traveling downwind, but it makes upwind navigation possible.

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 ==Explanation==
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+{{incomplete|Some of the analysis prose seems to assume that the anchor and ship have comparable mass. Created by a HEADCANNON. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 Prior to the invention of powered ships, oceangoing vessels moved primarily by means of wind power, which meant that they were restricted by the direction and power of the winds. If a sailing vessel needs to travel upwind (against the wind), they typically make use of a technique called {{w|Tacking_(sailing)|tacking}} (or "tacking against the wind") which involves zigzagging across the wind's direction, using the airfoil of the sail to exert force perpendicular to it. This method is significantly slower and more difficult than traveling downwind, but it makes upwind navigation possible.