Mirones Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 like a minigame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feriluce Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 When I was younger I sailed for several years, so I thought I had a pretty good understanding of how sailing works. However, when watching videos of this game, it seems that square rigged vessels work somewhat differently, specifically that you can manually turn the sails one way or another. Does anyone know of any resources that explain how these sort of ships was handled? It would be nice to read up on this stuff before getting access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Modern sailing of a fore and aft vessel (usually a bermuda sloop) is quite different from sailing a square rigger. When you have the sails attached at every edge to yards that can be articulated fully via lines, you have the ability to do some very interesting things related to maneuvering the vessel, including holding it stationary to some degree. There are some great videos here that talk about sailing these vessels. You may not be able to do everything they talk about in the videos, but you'll get a far better idea. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVgOMwr_2CO0qStqdsr9RPg Specifically: - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feriluce Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 This is exactly what i was looking for. Turning seems very different from how it works with triangular sails, where you rely on your speed to carry you past the wind so the boom can swing over and push you the rest of the way. Here you literally stop, go backwards and let the wind push you around. Very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Unfortunately the series cuts off after the third video, but it'll get you a lot of the way there. There currently appears to be some dispute about how fore-aft rigged vessels are performing in the game - they seem like square rigger light instead of exemplifying the advantages of their rig. Unless cracking along at 13 knots, I tend to have to do a square rigger tack in them to get them to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Seamanship in the Age of Sail is the most useful reference that is also (usually) comprehensible to the layman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrutishVulgarian Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Whatever happened to Ryan21, was he lost at sea, sailing a real square rigger? He was a great source. I just stumbled on this, a couple minutes ago. http://sailing-ships.oktett.net/square-rigging.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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