Increased efficiency in the use of water and wind helped with such tasks as pumping, milling, or sailing.

提高水和风的利用效率有助于抽水、碾磨或航行等工作。

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Because of the wind and sail dynamics involved, a sloop is almost always faster than other RIGS in boats of comparable size, especially when sailing to windward.

由于涉及的风力和帆面的动态原理，一艘单桅帆船基本上总是相近尺寸的帆船中最快的，尤其是逆风行驶时。

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Remarkably efficient sailing downwind or well off the wind, square sails do not generate power from their leading edge as in the Bermuda rig, which has become predominant in modern times.

尽管方帆船在顺风或无风航行时十分高效，它们逆风行驶时从帆前缘得到的动力却不如百慕大帆多，而帆前缘的动力在现代成为了主要动力。

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But the Albula steepens quickly, and the river disappears into a dramatic ravine, forcing the train to criss-cross the gorge, creaking like a sailing ship in a full-bellied wind.

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Recently, a flock of plastic bags has caught in the spindly sycamore in front of their apartment, empty bags that inflate and deflate with the wind like marooned sailing ships.

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