Author Topic: Sailing question.... Plus Pirates Rocks! (Read 962 times)

Otto · « **Reply #15 on:** January 19, 2005, 09:33:01 AM »

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Originally posted by rshubert
It is EXACTLY like lift generated by a wing. A sail is nothing more than a horizontal wing.

Aaaaah.. I think you mean VERTICAL wing.

I remember seeing a picture of a Catmaran that had a glider wing in the vertical with the spar acting as a mast. It was a still picture so I don't know how well it worked.

Nilsen · « **Reply #16 on:** January 19, 2005, 09:38:24 AM »

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Originally posted by GScholz
Nilsen, in the dictionary under "redundant" it says "see 'redundant'".

hehe, my mind is abit messed up these days

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 19, 2005, 10:45:09 AM »

It is a really great game, if you are at all interested in Pirates go for it.

Is there a Ship of the line type fighting game out there that is any good?

takeda · « **Reply #18 on:** January 19, 2005, 11:02:17 AM »

I'm keeping an eye on this:
http://www.burningsea.com/index.php

I played briefly Age of Sail II, got somewhat bored soon.

rshubert · « **Reply #19 on:** January 19, 2005, 11:03:56 AM »

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Originally posted by Otto
Aaaaah.. I think you mean VERTICAL wing.

I remember seeing a picture of a Catmaran that had a glider wing in the vertical with the spar acting as a mast. It was a still picture so I don't know how well it worked.

you're right, vertical.

i also mix up east and west.

pugg666 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 19, 2005, 11:14:30 AM »

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I love finding and upgrading one of the brig-types... they own frigates...

Try a royal sloop sometime. Fully upgraded it has 20 guns, 175 crew. Can out maneuver anything that outguns it, and can't really be hurt by anything more manueverable. Having only 20 guns is not a bad thing at all either, when you find a gunner's mate your reload speed is so fast that you can put out more firepower than a 40 gun large frigate.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 19, 2005, 11:24:16 AM »

So in the movie the Master and Comander, the French ship was a frigate, (an American Constition class), what was the Suprise?

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #22 on:** January 19, 2005, 11:30:35 AM »

Heh I used to play the original Pirates! a lot.

The most enjoyable thing was to take a pinnacle, attack a galleon and swordfight your way into the victory.

Nothing more satisfying than starting from a pinnacle and go straight to the galleon just by fencing skills.

takeda · « **Reply #23 on:** January 19, 2005, 11:43:21 AM »

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Originally posted by GtoRA2
So in the movie the Master and Comander, the French ship was a frigate, (an American Constition class), what was the Suprise?

A frigate too, but older and smaller. In the late 1700s-early 1800's everyone started building 40'something guns heavy frigates that outclassed the 28s and 32s

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 19, 2005, 11:43:35 AM »

Saif
You could still do that I think, it is a bit harder cause if your crew is out numbered you have very limited time to win the sword fight.

Elfie · « **Reply #25 on:** January 19, 2005, 12:25:55 PM »

I had a Flag Galleon with all upgrades, 2 broadsides of grapeshot and the enemy crew was ready to surrender. Or....2 broadsides of round shot and the enemy crew is visiting Davey Jones

Wish they would hurry up with that patch

vorticon · « **Reply #26 on:** January 19, 2005, 12:33:29 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184

Back then, they could sail up to 75-70 degrees off the wind. In fact, there was once a viking ship that was trying to escape. He sailed at 60 degrees off of the wind and got away. When they later caught him, they tried and executed him for Witchcraft, citing that particular incident.

vikings were around 1000 AD, these boats were 700+ years later...

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 19, 2005, 01:12:49 PM »

No, it's not exactly like a wing. Wings are solid. Wings generate lift perpindicular to the bottom plane of the wing. Sail's generate lift a little forward of perpindicular.

-tronski- · « **Reply #28 on:** January 19, 2005, 01:16:19 PM »

I've been sailing around in a large frigate and it's usually the ticket I reckon, but a Brig or Royal sloop are handy too

Tronsky

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #29 on:** January 19, 2005, 01:27:32 PM »

Tronski
How many guns does a large Frigate have?

They need an evil path were you can kindap the evil barons guys family and trade them for yours!