Difference between Chinese and Western Sailing Boats

The biggest difference in the construction of the ship is that the Chinese traditional sailing ship has watertight bulkheads, while the West did not adopt this technology until the end of the 18th century. Secondly, the masts of traditional Chinese sailing ships are not rigged, while the masts of western sailing ships and those in the Indian Ocean region are rigged. In addition, the Chinese traditional sailing ship hull cross-section of the underwater part of the close to the "V"; Indian Ocean traditional wooden sailing ship also has this type; Western ancient sailing ship is basically the "U" shape, only in recent times there is a "V" design, "V" design, "V" design, "V" design, "V" design, "V" design, "V" design, "V" design, "V" design, "V" design". The ancient western sailing ships were basically "U" shaped, and it is only in recent times that "V" shaped designs have appeared, such as the "baltimore clipper". In fact, the difference is more than the hull, it is the sail rigging. While traditional Chinese wooden sailing ships have been rigged with long sails since the Han Dynasty, western sailing sails went through a complex evolutionary process and it was not until the 17th century that the Atlantic coast had long sails that worked as well as Chinese sails.