Sent this to my wife so our next SoT session is smoother
Me: square the sails, were sailing into the wind on a sloop damnit!
Her: what the what and why?
We’re both pirate legends
(Also this is no longer the correct action as of the latest patch but still)
like im gonna memorize all of this
I found this pic informative:
It’s also interesting how they were naming things after James Bond movies all the way back in the Age of Sail!
I’ve never heard of a “gallant,” just a “top gallant” (usually “t’gallant,” sometimes “gans’l”). I’ve sailed on ships with split t’gallants, though. I did sail on one ship with a skys’l, never a moonraker; I suspect those are both terms for “a sail above the royal”.
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I’ve never sailed on so much as a sloop. 😢 I’ve been eyeing $800 Hobie Cats on Craigslist, but I’d have nowhere to put it even if I bought one.
Set sails to stun
