Which outcome commonly resulted from differential tensioning during sail adjustment on longships?

💡 Explanation

Sail adjustments using ropes during Viking seafaring could create significant stress concentrations; because the tension varied across the sail due to the differential tensioning mechanism, tearing was likely; therefore tearing, rather than other navigation issues or hull changes, occurred most frequently.

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