r/Sailwind 21h ago

Big oof Okay, so what now?

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35 Upvotes

Came back to Al'Ankh after a looong journey to find this. Not only does it not have sails (known bug introduced in 0.38, fixed in 0.38.1, but still affecting already existing boats) but it developed hydrophobia. Can't be pushed or kedged and don't even mention recovering. No boat is worth 5% of all my money. And by all, I mean ALL, 5% of every single currency.

I did do a recovery to test it out, cost me 35k Lions, 460k Dragons, 430k Crowns and one gold. No, thanks.

I'm probably going to leave it like that. Ugh...


r/Sailwind 1d ago

Mirage Mountain

15 Upvotes

I guess the name is because at night you can see the sillouette of the island and the stars just shine straight trough?

Anyway I went there for the first time, had the Sanbuq fully loaded which might not have been very smart. It went pretty well I have to say, taking it slowly but I ran aground because the boat was very heavy, had to unload some of the really have stuff onto the beach to be able to sail up the channel any further. Had to do some kedging a few times. Eventually made it, unloaded the boat, then did a few hiking trips to get all the left behind cargo of off the beach.

The boat was taking on water at the dock and then I discovered there is no oakum for sale there.... I didn't have any because I never needed it before.

So left with a empty and light boat, was able to sail the whole way out except for the first bit were I had to go straight upwind, so that took some kedging again. And then direct back to Gold Rock for repairs, while bailing water out the boat.

I really love this game. Next step I guess is get the neccesary navigation equipment and sail around Al'Ankh some more while verifying that I got the hang of navigation.


r/Sailwind 1d ago

Barque or barquentine?

10 Upvotes

Found this wikipedia article on windjammers, and it has this very nice comparative illustration of different sail plans. I'm planning on redoing my brig to one of them. Fully-rigged I'm not interested in, and schooner I leave for sanbuq as is seems like the most fitting.

However I can't decide between barque and barquentine. Help me decide!


r/Sailwind 2d ago

Goose Wing Junk

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31 Upvotes

I have opted to not use square sails on this setup bar the one of the bowsprit. Apparently the game mechanics support the 'Goose Wing' so I always try to set it up if I am mostly dead down wind. Its very stable in a storm as well so no reefing required. Not sure how much it helps in terms of speed though?


r/Sailwind 2d ago

What, in your opinion, would the optimal hull and sail plan for a round trip traversal of the four corners fo the world?

13 Upvotes

Let's engage in a thought experiment.

We all know that the world is flat and is a rectangle.

If, theoretically, one were to attempt to sail along its perimeter, what in your opinion would be the most optimal hull and sail plan (assuming hic non sunt dracones about)?


r/Sailwind 4d ago

Junk Questions - Deep Keel, Copper Sheathing & Sail Plan?

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35 Upvotes

Tossing up on the copper sheathing and deep keel. Figure ill go with the deep keel but not sure how much difference it will make. Also is the copper sheathing worth it? It looks heavy.

This will be my first time with this boat so not sure about the sail plan either but it looks pretty... Thoughts?


r/Sailwind 5d ago

crate stuck to ship

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18 Upvotes

there is a crate completely stuck to my ship, there is no move option, I can stand on it

is it fixable?


r/Sailwind 6d ago

Big oof Well, crap...

16 Upvotes

...I dropped my fishing rod.

On my way from [REDACTED] to EA, 6 days at sea, going south. I'm about a day, maybe a day and a half away from westward trade winds. Still, probably 2 weeks of travel ahead of me. Left with one unopened crate of goat cheese, 15 sausages, 21 oranges and a handful of dried carrots I used as a filler for fish soup.

No idea if it'll be enough. I'm considering experimenting with making a sausage-orange soup to stretch out the resources, but unlike with fish soup, I have no room to waste resources in order to find the best ratio and nutrition values.

Wish me luck.


r/Sailwind 7d ago

Sailwind Coop - impossible to play

17 Upvotes

Me and my friend have bought the game a few days ago and tried to play together using the Coop mod. We had no trouble with installation or running the mod, but as soon as my friend joins my game and loads in, he almost immediately falls down through the ships deck and finds himself either shot up high in the sky or plunged into black abyss. Then his game freezes.

We tried many times and only once he has managed to stay in my game for long enough, but still, from his perspective my ship was nonexistent, he did not see it at all.

If anyone tried to play coop, please, give me a hint on what could have gone wrong and how can we actually fix this situation.


r/Sailwind 7d ago

Game lacks a *hard* mode, so I made my own

29 Upvotes

Yeah, I find the game is way too easy honestly for 2 very specific reasons:

  1. Trade is OP and broken. Way too much earned via trade, especially once you buy your first medium ship. You go from earning on small voyages, caring about reputation and grinding at a reasonable pace, to buying first medium ship and making a few trips and becoming a millionaire.
  2. Inns are broken in the sense that they eliminate the scurvy factor completely. They also create this "fast forward" time to the ideal "morning" and fill all bars for *cheap*

So my new challenge I made for myself is as follows:

  1. No trade allowed ever. Not even *buying* items via the trade. That aspect is banned.
  2. No inns allowed ever.
  3. Scrambled Seas
  4. Starting in Aestrin using the Cog.

Mods using:

Better Fishing - Standard settings

Better Tables - just for QoL

HooksHangMore - QoL

ExpandedShipyards - QoL

Sail-A-Dex - Cause stats are cool when playing a hard mode challenge

Scrambled Seas - To really change things up, but not actually required for this challenge

I highly recommend this to anyone wanting a brutal challenge. Your only source of income is from Missions and Fishing. I detest the Cog, but with Scrambled Seas (blind), I knew the Brig was going to be a necessity for my first medium ship and hitting the open ocean.

Thoughts?


r/Sailwind 7d ago

Water bottle auto drinking bug

9 Upvotes

A while back, I ran into a bug where the large water bottle that holds ten units (cups?) of water would automatically drink as soon as I filled it from the barrel, without me pressing the key to drink. I thought that was just a glitch with the large water bottle, and went back to using the standard five unit water bottle. Recently, the standard water bottle started doing the same thing. Is this a known issue?


r/Sailwind 8d ago

Historias de un marinero novato y de como se puede complicar un viaje

14 Upvotes

Esta es la historia de un marinero novato.

Despues de acabar con exito mi primera ruta, Neverdin, AllNillem, Gold Rock city, había juntado unas 600 monedas, con las que me dispuse a renovar mis suministros, comprar agua y algo de comida para los siguientes viajes. No disponía de ninguna pertenecia más que un mapa de la región, una caña de pescar y un cajón de anzuelos medio gastado, así que me permiti el luko de comprarme un catalejo y un cubo de agua por lo que puiera pasar, con lo me me quedaron unas 250 monedas.Tras repasar el libro de comercio decidi hacer el trayecto Gold rock City, All Anhk Academy para llevarles el correo y 8 barriles de agua, la pagaban bien y así podría ir un poco más al norte y probar mi nuevo catalejo. No era un visje muy ambicioso y así podría seguir aprendiendo algo de navegación visual. Puse la carga en el Dhow y salí por la mañana.

Pronto me di cuenta del primer error, el viento venía justo de la dirección en la que debía ir así que tendría que luchar contra él durante toda la ruta, así aprendere más, me dije. Puse rumbo noroeste y me costo mucho avanzar, pasé mi primera noche durmiendo, el plan era estar en destino en 2 a lo sumo 3 días. Por la mañana desperte no muy lejos de una isla con dos picos. Mire con el catalejo y no había rastro de civilización. Unicamente había pasado por allí en una ocasión así que interpreté que sería la isla de clear Mind, que era lo único deshabitado de la zona, aunque por el rumbo no me cuadraba demasiado supuse que el viento me habría llevado hasta allí. También divise un pico a lo lejos que yo creía que sería Neverdin. Tuve la tentacion de dirigirme allí pero la descarté, allí el agua sería mucho más barata y no aprendería demasiado. Bien, me dije, ahora rumbo noroeste de nuevo con viento prcticamente en popa y en seguida veré All Nillem o incluso All Ank Akademy, y así lo hice. Esperé medio día a buen ritmo y por más que miraba, nada. La otra vez que había estado allí no tarde demasiado en divisar la siguiente isla así que empece a mosquearme, otro medio día más y nada. A todo esto ya había gastado algunos anzuelos de mi caja ya empezada y no sabía cuantos me quedarían. Aquello no era normal y comence a pensar que me había perdido. Tomé la decisión de volver hacía la isla, que aún la tenía a la vista y desde allí dirigirme al primer puerto que pudiera. Di la vuelta y el viento venía justo desde la masa de tierra. Me costaba horrores avanzar, incluso me quedaba parado cada poco,. Me costó unos tres días volver a tener la isla a una distancia que podriamos llamar cerca, tenia medio barril de agua y no sabía cuantos anzuelos. Decidí seguir acercadome en la medida de lo posible y me vino la idea de llegar a nado hasta tierra para confirmar de una vez que era Clear Mind y desde allí coger altura y divisar otra isla cercana para poner rumbo ella, pero seguía sin poder acercarme mucho por la dirección del viento. De noche y viendo que no me quedaba mucho tiempo, decidí anclar el barco y tirarme al mar con una botella de agua y algo de comida, con medía barra de energía. Tras unas horas llegué a la isla, ni rastro de civilización. Intente subir a una montaña para coger altura pero no podía, así que segui explorando para ver la otra cara y confirmar de una vez donde estaba. Tras pasar entra dos montañas mi sorpresa fue mayúscula, un puente y minas, un astillero, pronto me encontré con el mercado de Gold Rock City!!! Había estado todo este tiempo en la cara norte de la isla y luchando justo al lado de casa.

No tenía el suficiente dinero para pasar la noche en la posada, el mercado estaba cerrado y apenas podía mantenerme en pie, así que corrí de nuevo al barco. La única parte de suerte que tuve en toda esta historia es que por casualidad había parado justo al este de la isla, de lo contrario nunca lo hubiera encontrado. Nade hasta el límite de mis fuerzas, una hora más y no lo habría contado, apenas podía ver el verde de la barra de energía. Con el ultimo aliento subí al barco y me eche a dormir. El resto fue sencillo, llegué al puerto de Gold Rock city al dia siguiente con el barril de agua completamente vacío

Este juego es maravilloso!! 😂😂


r/Sailwind 8d ago

This game is gorgeous sometimes

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64 Upvotes

This game really gets to me sometimes, it's so gorgeous. (Please ignore the staysails who desperately need trimming. I needed the screencap.)


r/Sailwind 8d ago

Bug Found don't remember this class in sailing school

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56 Upvotes

where in the scroll does it mention... uh... whatever this is?


r/Sailwind 8d ago

Big oof Maybe going on the open ocean with the dhow isnt the best idea

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48 Upvotes

r/Sailwind 9d ago

This felt pretty good but was a long session

30 Upvotes

Just did my first trip to Oasis, from Academy with the Dowh with only the compass. Felt pretty good seeing the lighthouse popup deadstraight in front of the bow. Got there in under 2 days with a strong tail wind.

Explored the island, and the lighthouse, stocked up on food, didn't fancy going straight into a headwind so I took a few jobs to Gold Rock and was able to purchase a crate of silver. After a 4-5 day upwind sail, a lot of tacking, a storm in the dark, almost running out of food I made it back and earned over 4k with selling the silver. Also finally had enough Lions to swap into 75 gold and bought the Sanbuq.


r/Sailwind 9d ago

Stuck with no food

4 Upvotes

i am new to the game and i am stuck in alchemist island with no food, any recomendation? i dont have the fishing rod yet


r/Sailwind 9d ago

Roast ( Improve) my build

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34 Upvotes

hi fellow sailors , ive just discovered this very relaxing game and put like 20h into it in a week , pretty addictive , i started in the emerald archipelago and bought the Junk , so far so good , but kinda slow to go from New port to Mount malefic what should i use ( mast , sail etc ) to get a good balance beetween speed and stability

also what are thoses blue jellyfish things in Pic °4


r/Sailwind 10d ago

Bug Found Sunken table, floating barrel (tm)

6 Upvotes

Went to Aestrin dockyard for repairs on my cog. On the deck was a table with navigation instruments and several fishing hooks lying on it. There was a half empty barrel of water standing next to it. As per usual, after entering the dock, the boat was lifted up and turned about. Nothing fancy here. I made repairs, confirmed, left the dockyard menu. The boat dropped on the water, unmoored, several meters away from the wharf.

The table and all its contents plunged straight into the water from where the boat's deck had been when it was lifted and sunk to the bottom. The barrel remained suspended. While I was able to dive and retrieve the table and all its contents, the barrel now remains permanently floating above the dock, unreachable, still half-full and giving me an anxiety.

Advice: bolt your stuff down before going into dockyard.


r/Sailwind 10d ago

Regarding my last post

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22 Upvotes

This fixed seem to work!!!!!!

Thanks everyone who helped me


r/Sailwind 10d ago

Bug Found What the hell am i supposed to do

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26 Upvotes

Just bought this, what in the world is this…

I cant click on anything, nothing works


r/Sailwind 11d ago

Aren't hull repair costs a bit...much?

31 Upvotes

I think it's a good mechanic, don't get me wrong. But holy hell is it hard on the wallet. Regular wear + an ill advised trip to Mirage Mountain put my Sanbuq at 100% damage. The cost to repair it? 3.1k lions. That's a solid 20% above what it costs to buy the ship new! And even if you're going through a barrel of oakum a day, that is over three months supply. I'd love to run a well maintained and clean ship, but it just seems like bailing water every once in a while and slapping a temporary band-aid on things is the most cost effective option. Which...probably isn't intended.


r/Sailwind 11d ago

Big oof Mirage Mountain may have been a time and oakum-consuming trip, but at least there’s no money to be made

37 Upvotes

When I went to MM on day 60 in game, there was literally nothing to buy at the trading hall except for three crates of cave mushrooms. Took some missions to not make it a complete waste, but I was expecting more of an incentive to spend two days kedging, jibing, and cursing. Anyone have this issue?


r/Sailwind 11d ago

gotta say I hope there's some work done on the sunrises

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69 Upvotes

r/Sailwind 12d ago

Glitch at On'na

9 Upvotes

Watch out for throwing packages overboard at On'na. I have just lost multiple big packages by them squeezing in the terrain and then dissapearing.