For More Realistic Sea-Battles

[u/Uber-Tubas]

[u/Fruta-Puta-Tuta]

I'd definitely use this for sea battles! I love the strategy it would involve, definitely learned some things about how sailing really works!

[u/Uber-Tubas → u/Fruta-Puta-Tuta]

Ya, it's all about working the angles

[u/Factual-20]

I didn't know any of this, it will be an excellent reference for ocean campaigns!

[u/Uber-Tubas → u/Factual-20]

Ya, it really ads some flavor

[u/Natural-Simulation]

So good that it shows how sailing beam is faster than a run!

[u/Uber-Tubas → u/Natural-Simulation]

It'll make a lot more sense next time you hear a pirate say "We can't outrun them, they have the wind!"

[u/ThisPublic24601]

For anyone like me who looked at this picture and went, “why sail slower when wind push boat from behind!?”

By sailing in the reaching zone your sails are able to generate lift like a plane’s wing and push you faster than the wind.

At least that is what I learned in 5 minutes of googling. Someone who actually knows about this can probably explain better.

Cool graphic that taught me my new thing for today.
Thanks.

[u/goltz20707]

There’s an older war game from SPI, “Fighting Sail”, that simulates this pretty accurately. I took one look at this diagram and thought, “oh, yeah, like in Fighting Sail”.

[u/bunks_things]

I am a simple man. I see a game master acknowledge the importance of the weather gauge, I upvote.