As you can see on the screenshots, there are different maximum hold capacity on both ships, the ship with more capacity has less penalty for the same loaded cargo (in our case - guns only). Hold optimization perk only affects stats on the current ship.
Captain, please try to verify integrity of game cache (right click on NA in steam lib->properties->local files). In case it does not help you, try to delete the whole game and reinstall it.
If those steps does not help you, please reply back
Captains, to clarify - if you do not see chat tabs - this is not a chat ban or a bug.
It happens once you delete some Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages needed for the game. To make chat work again please try to install/reinstall packages from this site:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads
In this particular case the issue was caused by the 2013 package deleted by Captain.
Captains, according to the server logs there were indeed drop of some players but there were not any issues on the servers by that time. Most likely temporary connection issues, e.g. between Europe and US
Based on logs Captain Aria indeed caused friendly damage in the battle.
Captain received a warning as 1st offense case.
Further violation of green on green rule might result in demoting.
Captain, please try to verify integrity of game cache (right click on NA in steam lib->properties->local files). In case it does not help you, try to delete the whole game and reinstall it.
Captain, here is the log: Port Sandy Point set as neutral. Old capturer LEAVE warehouse is null
Perhaps you mix up gold on clan leader character with gold in a clan warehouse. The gold should be in clan WH prior to server maintenance.
To clarify - [10/18/2017 09:23:13] Port Barahona set as neutral. Old capturer PFK warehouse is null
The workaround to avoid such issue is clans in new nations have to set up a temporary outpost in a free town, capture some ports, establish control of it and move clan wh to a desired new home port afterwards.
Captain, based on logs Sandy Point was captured by your clan "Leave" but was set back to neutral after next maintenance as your clan did not have enough gold in your clan warehose.
Money should be in the clan warehouse, not a player one