Ahoy mates!
As the original topic is 3 months old and has been superseded by the thread here, I'll close this down now.

https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/82034/sailing-and-sailing-into-the-wind

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@saws-n-sins ohh...didn't see that...just answered someone...

@schwammlgott yall are necro'n a 3 month old post. Mods need to lock this

@stroro I play solo a lot...and a brigantine or galleon NEVER catched me...look at this:

https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/82034/sailing-and-sailing-into-the-wind

@kaelon necro

Edit: Wait, I'm part of the problem!

@membrainz420 said in Sorry, sloops are not faster sailing into the wind.:

@stroro Sloops aren't designed to be faster at top speed than galleons or brigs. By nature, the more masts>more sails> more speed philosophy of sailing holds true here when in open water. In Shipwreck Bay and areas where manueverability trumps velocity, a Sloop should never get caught. Sailing headwind, tailwind, or otherwise against Brigs and Gallies in open water is not a winning strategy in most cases. Hope this was helpful.

This explains why my sloop was out-sailed by a Brigantine that chased me the other day! More sails = more speed makes a lot of sense here, and so the Sloop's core asset as agile is pretty clear.

Ah, I probably don't not notice and have been sailing over em without realizing it

Ignore me then

@r3d50v13t said in Sorry, sloops are not faster sailing into the wind.:

It would be cool if there were reefs that would block the way for Galleons or risk taking a lot of damage and slow down significantly, whereas sloop and brigs would be able to sail over them, unless the brigs hull is more so in the water? I don't know, just spit balling here

This is in game allready. U just need to know where.
There is a unmarked island near the middle of the map. This island has a quite big range around it which is "reef".

@r3d50v13t There is 😏🤫

It would be cool if there were reefs that would block the way for Galleons or risk taking a lot of damage and slow down significantly, whereas sloop and brigs would be able to sail over them, unless the brigs hull is more so in the water? I don't know, just spit balling here

@stroro When in this situation, put your sails full forward, you will notice a difference

@stroro написал в Sorry, sloops are not faster sailing into the wind.:

At best are the same speed as every other ship.

Every time I sail directly in to the wind away from a brigantine or galleon the distance between us does not increase. At best it just keeps them at bay for a while.

If anything shouldn't a sloop should be faster with a tailwind as it can utilise 100% of its sail? Whereas the brigantine and galleon only the rear most sail is being fully utilised. Wind to the front sail(s) is being blocked by the rear.

In what position your sails if you going into wind ?

And there is @Erinom3 already gave u answer

@erinom3 Exactly, but sometimes a brig has came close anyway but sometimes they haven't so it's a lottery in my experiance anyway.
Last brig couldn't keep up ;P

The trick is, you have to square your sails. Center them, and go. No ship will catch you.

Sloops are faster AGAINST the wind not with, allthough i have been caught up by brigs sometimes against the wind but also ran away from them.
Galleons cant keep up against the wind to a sloop thought.

@membrainz420 I know this game isn't supposed to be historically accurate but the nerd in me would be remiss to point out that a galleon back in the hay day of sail would reach about 5 knots whereas a sloop would reach about 20 knots.

So the game does have it significantly backwards. So if a galleon was ever caught in a headwind, they were pretty much just stuck there unless they cranked out oars. They would definitely not be able to out chase a sloop, with or without a tailwind.

The majority of pirates used sloops too.

@stroro Sloops aren't designed to be faster at top speed than galleons or brigs. By nature, the more masts>more sails> more speed philosophy of sailing holds true here when in open water. In Shipwreck Bay and areas where manueverability trumps velocity, a Sloop should never get caught. Sailing headwind, tailwind, or otherwise against Brigs and Gallies in open water is not a winning strategy in most cases. Hope this was helpful.