this Schooner-styled ship is smaller than the sloop, but faster and with roughly the same turning radius. however, it carries no firepower, and because it is smaller with only one deck, it sinks faster too.

this ship features a Gaff-Rigged mast and sail. the sail is loosely attached to the mast and thus rotates, catching the wind on its own. attached to the lower sail is a rope that determines how loose the sail will be with the wind.

everything on the ship is within arms length. the anchor, helm, and the rope attached to the gaff rigged sail can be controlled as you are on the helm. control left and right to turn, control up to loosen the rope to give the sail more freedom, control down to pull in the rope and limit the sails freedom, hold down a certain action to drop the anchor (but the anchor cannot be lifted as you are on the helm).

you can also lower the Gaff-Rigged sail by using the rope toward the front of the ship.

this is a ship that would be mainly used for solo player. you cannot severely damage other player's ships with it, but because it is small and much faster, it can escape more easily from other players.

this discussion determined the design and statistics for the ship. thank you all for posting your thoughts on this thread. the thread itself concerns the balance between solo sloops and two man sloops as well as the possibility that such a ship smaller than a sloop would be possible.

as for this topic, i would like to read your thoughts on the concept so far. i may work on it further, but just in case, i'm showing its general design now so that i know what to change or what i should not change.

thank you!