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Re: Show HN: Sail a historical full-rigged ship in real global weather

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Post by jeffreyrogers » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 5:13 PM UTC

webnrrd2k wrote: post #4

This is really cool! I'm a few books into the Aubry/Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brien (highly recommended! The movie Master & Commander is based on them). This should help to get a better feel for the ships and the battles!

If you enjoyed that series you might also enjoy the Otto Prohaska series by John Biggins. It's about a submarine captain in WWI, so doesn't touch on sailing too much (well the 4th book does), but similar maritime themes. Probably the best series of novels I've read.

Re: Show HN: Sail a historical full-rigged ship in real global weather

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Post by Already__Taken » Tue, Mar 07, 2023, 7:08 PM UTC

Lefuz wrote: post #48

Already__Taken wrote: post #34

Loved this, finally remembered how to tack the thing from a trip on Morgenster

I'm glad you liked it. I'd be happy to know about anything from its behaviour that feels badly off from a real tall ship.

I lost some hours to it. No I wouldn't say anything's terribly off, I do remember tacking being more possibly without making sternway. The ship turns slowly but should pick up some momentum once you're hard over, backing the headsails should help it go through the wind.

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