Raise Squared sail only option

[RockNRollMachine]

Hello guys ! First time posting in this forum. I'd first like to thank opponents and ally alikes for making this game such a unique experience. And also a big thanks to the devs for making this possible. So here we go. I have a suggestion to improve the game. Basically, I think it would be nice if we have the option to raise the squared sail only. That way, when we're sailing close to the wind, we can eliminate that unnecessary drag, thus enabling us to go faster. Because yea, triangular sail will keep propelling you ahead.

 

Cheers,

RockNRollMachine

[Trebien]

I think hitting T does lower all sails that is not squared. It is called depowered mode

[maturin]

Square riggers couldn't really make headway with their 'triangular' sails alone. Or if they could, it would only be a few knots, with the rest of that huge rig turning into useless windage. At low speed you would make so much leeway that sailing further of the wind with mostly square canvas would be faster.

On the other hand, it would be nice if the likes of Pickle automatically furled their square sails, after a minute or so on the wind.

[Henry d'Esterre Darby]

I think hitting T does lower all sails that is not squared. It is called depowered mode

 

Correct.  T will remove most of the jibs and staysails, which is pretty much what I think you're trying to do here.

[maturin]

I think OP means raise in a literal sense: Furl.

[Henry d'Esterre Darby]

Ahh, I misread the original post.  As Maturin said, I don't think this was ever done.

[RockNRollMachine]

Yea, it's about removing the squared sails and keeping only the triangular ones when sailing close to the wind. 

[Shepherd]

I would enjoy it if the current system of 20/40/60/80/100% + depower could be changed with a system showing the ship's sail plan, where you could click on individual sails and choose to have them raised/lowered/reefed. There could still be an "easy" mode like the current system, but more experienced captains could trim their ship to better suit the conditions. This would probably also require more variable winds, and some more advanced modeling of the physics, but it would be far more realistic and immersive to have such control!