Show mal making ink sailing go faster i the statement of an italian sea cap tain that he had proved by experience exper ienco that a ship goes faster when her 1 sail l are perforated with a number of holes than when they tire are quite sound was at first looked upon as too ridiculous for consideration Un unbelievers believers T however now find that the italian lias has pone gone a long way toward pro probing ing hiti his cave case his theory is that the force of tho ahr wind can not fairly take effert effect on in an sail ail because of the cush bior of air that tills lills up the hollow to prevent this cushion collecting he bored a number of holes in tte the sail which let part of the wind blow right through it and allowed the remainder to strike against the calias nas and exercise its full effect several N trials have been made and it looks as if this is another of chist paradoxical truths which aal appear e ar so impossible on the surface the alie expel expert i arlis were made in all weathers in a light wind a boat with avith ordinary saila made four knots while with the perforated sails she covered five and a quarter knots in a fresh breeze slie glie did seven knots with ordinary ail and a nd eight aud and t three bree quarters kii ts ii i i with the improved sails pails in a s t i n n wind she did eight knots and ten h knots bots nots respectively respect el if this aln augmented speed elwed were sustained holit a lorg voyage it doum int im r c aljo value or of th the ship one aifili ap n she b make the sanie same trip in four becks that she did before in tn ble e weeks |