Ships lean on OW

[Cabral]

 Why ships don't lean with wind on OW like in battle scenarios?

[Tief N Tote]

i'll bet it's a frame rate issue like the gun ports

[Cragger]

 Why ships don't lean with wind on OW like in 

 

Same reason ships didn't have rudders in OW for a long while. Due to the simple sailing model OW the time compression and realativistic speed things are simplified to improve frame rate.