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The commander of the Cisne Branco, the Brazilian Navy's tall ship, explains the vessel's sailing characteristics in an interview conducted partly aloft in the rigging. The Cisne Branco is a replica of a 19th-century tea clipper, built with a narrow, hydrodynamically fine hull designed for speed on broad reaches.▶ 0:10 Its square sails generate strong drive downwind but limit upwind performance; the commander puts the closest pointing angle at roughly 40–50 degrees to apparent wind.▶ 0:09 Cruise planning uses 5–6 knots as the baseline speed, though the ship has sustained over 14 knots under sail in favorable conditions.▶ 2:50 In strong winds, the crew reduces to lower, more robust sails to protect the rig.▶ 2:50 The lateen sails contribute meaningfully to upwind work and improve overall stability in mixed sail combinations.▶ 2:02 Host Adriano Plotzky climbs the shrouds to a yard, noting the increasingly narrow footropes and the need for gloves on the wire.▶ 4:18 The commander, who served aboard as a lieutenant on the ship's first crew and returned as commanding officer, describes the posting as professionally and personally transformative, citing the volume of voyages and the intensity of shipboard life.▶ 6:24

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