BusterGut Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Admittedly I've only progressed to a privateer, but as all of the ships to this one are fore and aft sailers (ignoring the foretopsail on them) wouldn't it be better to have the sails hoisted in the regular manner that was (I believe) common at that time and have the staysails utilised for getting underway? Or is this something that will change at some point in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Sorry, I can't seem to divine your meaning here. Are you talking about square riggers and staysails? What do you mean by sails hoisted 'in the regular manner?' Hoisting yards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusterGut Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) No I mean the small triangular sails at the foremast to the bowsprit, they're called staysails. From what I seem to recollect the staysails were raised 1st then the foretopmast sail. The mizzen would have been last. Weren't yards only struck down when the ship was laid up or removed for repair? Edited February 21, 2015 by BusterGut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 As I recall the foretopmast staysail appears about the same time as the fore and maintopsails when you go from Full Stop to Dead Slow. AFAIK ships only ghost along on fore staysails when they are pulling away from an anchorage, barely at steerage way. Or perhaps to control rotation while drifting with the tide or settings topsails. Because if you want to go anywhere fast, you need the topsails set. By hoisting yards, I meant the fact that topsail and topgallant yards need to be raised from the caps to their respective mastheads. In the game they are always fixed at the latter position, which means the sails are just being clewed up and down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetworth Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I think that he means when you go from say battle sails to full sail, some sails are lowered only to be re-set. It is a little annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan21 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 In the Navy fully manned a frigate or line of battle ship could set all three masts one sail at a time plus the headsails at the same time, main mizzen and for topsails would be sheeted home together and halyards walked around the deck at the same time. Of course at sea in watches this didnt always happen this way but the Navy had the manpower and knew how to do things efficiently. Check this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusterGut Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Thats a good video considering its age Here's another but a lot more recent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkkgKb-J3ic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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