TLDR? If you have any questions add me on steam or ask bellow
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A nice resource produced by Thomas Cochrane (formerly slipperlycnut) of the crew/gun/poundage characteristics of all the ships available in Sea Trails at the moment: http://imgur.com/Q88T3fz
It should be noted that the poundage I recommend using is the highest poundage available in long guns.
Ye, the OP link seems off, so until Doran takes the helm you can at least find the old one here.
The guide was up to date a long time ago, the meta changed but might have changed back again, somewhat.