While tacking against wind, which mechanism limits Viking longship upwind ability?

💡 Explanation

The induced drag strongly limits longship sailing upwind because vortex shedding increases quadratically with angle of attack; therefore, the Viking longship cannot sail directly upwind, rather than hull speed limited by wave drag being the dominant effect at typical slow sailing speeds.

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