Turning of sail less ships

[Rosebud]

Where as I can see how a ship without sails can turn (sea anchors or regular anchors in shallow waters) I do not understand their rate of turn. I could be wrong and missing some aspect of sailing these ships that would allow for the speed at which they make sail less turns. Please inform me of any method that they used. If there are none then I would suggest that the turning of sail less ships be heavily curtailed. If there was a method they used, my bad and sorry for the wasted reading time.

[Galileus]

The method they use is "gameplay". It's more important than historic accuracy.

 

The issue was mentioned even all the way back in Trials, and from what I remember devs didn't want de-masted players to be completely powerless.