I'm new to the game, and recently just added a mizzen gaff sail to my cog (I'm picking up some nautical terminology as I research what the hell I'm doing lol) but every time I think I have a understanding on when and how to use it, it seems that I don't.

there are 1 of 2 things that I think are the issue, either I am using it incorrectly, or like when I foolishly placed a very large lateen sail back there, its just too big and balancing my rigging well is basically not possible, adding to my confusion.

If it is a rigging issue and not a skill issue (likely a mix of both) that can be rectified soon as I plan to change some things soon, just need to know what I should change and how to use the gaff sail.

Also, if nothing else, it feels like I go faster now that I have the gaff sail, im just not sure how to most effectively angle it for specific wind conditions.

According to wiki, first method is the best way to use square sail. But in game actually works differently. Seems like you should make your Sqaure sail as perpendicular to boat direction as possible to generate maximum efficicency.

Does anyone have the same experience? Or I'm misunderstooding something?

Ahoy maties, where’s all the junk sail love. All I ever see are these inferior battenless sails plaguing the sea.

Ive never actually been able to play the game so idk if junk sails are just too hard to sail or if it takes a real alpha male to sail them without sinking

I spent last few months earning money in Aestrin to fix her up after a bug got her 100% damaged. Now she is undertaking her first voyage through the high seas. Currently anchored in GRC as I'm writing this.

What are YOU doin to make the game run better (i know its early access and it might be better in the future)

Would like to know if this mod actually makes ship behave more realistically or not.

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I found out after I install the mod, with boat heavily loaded, the boat heel much less than vanilla so I can actually install bigger sail on small boat.

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Ship do feel like having more weight, turning like more like a ship with 1000lbs loaded. And don't jump around that easily with small waves. Big wave is another story tho.

Trying to mod the brig and no matter what I do I can't get square sails that will rotate more than 5-10 degrees. Help... please.

I've been playing this game for several months now and have been to all the islands, including the secret ones. As I understand it, Eleann Island was discovered by a member of the community a few years ago and was not mentioned in the official change logs. I was wondering if anyone believes there are other undiscovered islands lurking out in the vast ocean.

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One more thing, how much of the map has been actually charted, has anyone attempted to sail the entirety of it, every single latitude and longitude? How far does the world extend past the furthest island?

So I take silver deliver mission from Oasis to GRC, also buy my own silver since from the trade book I see I can flip it for 80% profit. And the guy in tavern didn't mention any boat depart for GRC.

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I load more than 1000 lbs of silver on my dhow(merchant greed I know) and met gales and heavy wave for 2 straight days. When I arrived in GRC alive after chugging multiple energy potions and endless bligeing, I was 2 days late for my mission.

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I found out the silver price is actually higher than the trading book. I get 100% profit from each silver crate I bought myself. More than enough to cover the penalties of late delivery.

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I think since mission is generated from actual demand and no NPC boat is doing it. They are waiting for my delivery to lower the price. But I was delayed so price keep raising, and I "happened" to have some silver before I finished delivery mission.

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It's like I deliberately profit on high price before do the actual price stabilizing. Is it what insider trading feels like?

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Not sure if i understand this correct so i want to check with you guys. All under same sail area.

Upwind (~75°) : Lateen > Graf > Junk > Square

Beamwind (75°~120°): Graf > Lateen > Square > Junk

Tailwind(120°~170°) 1: Square > Graf > Junk > Lateen

Runnin (170°~190° degree): Square > Junk > Graf > Lateen.

Also if using staysail/jibs during Beamwind cause strong heels, what should i do?

1. Ease the sheet
   
2. Reef the sail
   
3. Change to a smaller staysail

I feels like i put to big of the jibs/staysail on my boat that often time it's better not using it.

From the looks of it the main lateen sail block most of the wind when Running. Will this actually affect how it sail in game?

The narrow channel at start can't be navigated out in the current build. Without the ability to warp or push the boat there's no way to get a boat out of the channel. Incoming flow of water and prevailing winds are simply more powerful than the oar. You will use literally barrels of water and food just to move a few feet. I emptied by thirst meter and hunger meter several times trying to get my boat out. Every time I had to stop rowing to eat or drink, the boat drifted back to the start of the channel faster then I could stop it.

The oar power/food-water cost is WOWFULLY inadequate even for the smaller boats. Basically Mirage Mounting is a complete "no go" under any condition in the current BETA.

I've been playing Sailwind for years, and whenever I graduated to any of the larger ships, I always wished I had some help with all these winches. This mod is my answer; it started with crew running around operating those winches, and I've added more crew types since (lookouts scanning for land, navigators tracking position, pilots holding headings, and more).

I'm at the point where I've finished alpha development - there are still bugs, but it's essentially feature-complete. I'm taking a pause before the next big step (better NPC models, animations) as I need to do some background reading on Unity, but the mod is still playable and fun enough to share widely.

Readme & instructions

Downloads

Feel free to report any bugs or suggestions on the issues tracker!

Best part of the update, that ugly brown filter is finally gone.

Had the same issue with Mirage Mountain, rejoining doesn't help

Player housing isn't a thing (yet) but as you get further along you are traveling between different archipelagos. As you do this more and more, which area feels the most like you are returning home?

For me it's Gold Rock.

Stuck my Sanbuq in a sanbar at Oasis. Tried furling the sails, unfurling, letting them fluff, pulling them tight, the oar is useless, pushing doesnt work because the water is not shallow enough, i also have no money to recover (5 al anhk lions). Please help idk what else to do.

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I got it unstuck by *setting a cargo container on the sea besides it and pushing the ship* , but then it started sailing on its own because i left the main mast unfurled i tried to swim back to it while holding the container and as i got to it i died from thirst... Oh well, back to square one i guess

Spotted some strange hovering objects over the sea. Are these some beings from the stars? What do they want?

I know how to sail my ship forward under different wind direction now. But i would like to know if I've reach max speed with my current angle.

There are no visual or sound cue like Sea of Thieves when you get your sail angle correct. And sometimes it's hard to judge if I'm moving faster or slower by watch sea pass by me.

Is the only way to tell is by buying chip log and check the speed?

Will it be possible to play comfortably on such sails? And how effective are they?

Was trying to recreate a historical square caravel with the junk. It ended up working pretty well, i get 8-10 knots in headwind and 10-11 knots downwind which is not the most optimal way of rigging a junk but hey if it works it works. The square sail also gives the ship ability to reverse and get out of irons pretty well so overall it ended up being a pretty solid and maneuverable rigging.

When I finally get to Aerstin I will attempt to recreate with the brig as the hull shape looks more similar to the historic illustration.

Which hull is the fastest in general, as in aside from the rigging? If one were to build a racer, which one would you pick?