Manual sails

[Stix]

Ok so for all us noobs sailing cutters, are there any real benefits using manual sails in small fire and aft rigged ships?

[William the Drake]

They are not very advantageous until Square rigged ships (brig and up). I've heard of some masters utilizing it with 2 masted schooners, but I have yet to pull it off

[Henry d'Esterre Darby]

While you can get small benefits from manual sails in fore/aft ships, the manual sailing model for them hasn't been finished yet.  It's on the drawing board though.

[Konali89]

For when you grow bigger:)

 

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Credits go to jodgi i belie

[jodgi]

Oh, that old thing ????. I improved it:

[Stix]

Cheers

[maturin]

When you are sailing close to the wind in the cutter (around 45 degrees), pulling in the boom halfway can give you a few tenths of a knot. But this is a bug as much as  a feature and will likely change soon.

[BobW-Bristol-RI-US]

Ah sweah that mah cuttah turns quickah with manuel sails (wishful thinkin'? mayhaps... but it's kinda like wearin goggles on a bicycle... or taking St. John's Wort? It just FEELS faster... and isn't that all that matters?) HAHAHAHA

Edited January 22, 2016 by BobW-Bristol-RI-US

[Flavalicious]

Pro-tip: if you double tap your A or D key youll notice in the ships compass the rudder will say "fr" and "fl" respectively, thats full rudder in ethier direction and will turn you faster then holding ethier key down

On square riggers manual sailing is a manditory skill, practice it often

[ParaBellum]

Pro-tip: if you double tap your A or D key youll notice in the ships compass the rudder will say "fr" and "fl" respectively, thats full rudder in ethier direction and will turn you faster then holding ethier key down

 

Turn faster? You sure about that?

[BlouBulle]

Learning sails is good for when your bow gets knocked off by a teammate that decides to cut across your path, basically without manual sails you can't go against wind in a cutter or smaller ship and lose the advantage of that ship if your bow has been removed.

[maturin]

When you are sailing close to the wind in the cutter (around 45 degrees), pulling in the boom halfway can give you a few tenths of a knot. But this is a bug as much as  a feature and will likely change soon.

Actually, I gained over a knot doing this last night.

 

 

But still, the main advantage of manual sails in a cutter is to slow down and reduce heel. If you rely on hammering the S-key to decelerate, you will be trashed by every manual sailor out there. Not because it makes you turn faster, but it does help you turn tighter (and slower).

[Flavalicious]

Turn faster? You sure about that?

Tighter turn yes