The ship is powered by two masts and a huge sail. It is equipped with 3,000 square meters of sail and two 249-foot (76-meter) foldable Solidsail carbon masts. The ship's masts are fitted with ...

and research indicates it was a tartane — a small ship with triangular lateen sails on two masts that could also be propelled by oars. Tartanes were used by Barbary pirates in the 17th and 18th ...