Sailing Lessons

[Basil Dreadflint]

As posted in "Basil's Plunder Party, DW Guild Night Events" thread, we will start having a series of "Sailing Lessons".

This will be a small series of nights where we will spend about an hour covering basic sailing techniques. Not on Guild nights, this will be held on other nights. I figure we can cover most of this in just a couple of nights.
There are a lot of different ways to sail.
3 classes of ship: Sloop, Galleon, and Frigate. Each has it's good points, and each has it's bad points.
There are different techniques for sailing solo, in small crew, or in large crew. (Crew Sizes)
There is also different techniques to sailing for rep, for ship count, and for gold. (Reasons)
We should be able to cover all of this in just a few nights, and here in the forums.

I am asking a few of the senior pirates in the guild to join in and help with this.

Anyone can join in.
We will sail one class of ship each lesson.
Crew up and discuss the different objectives for the night, and then put things in practice.

First lesson will be tomorrow, Monday, at about 8:30 PM Eastern.
Topic for tomorrow: Frigates, all 3 crew sizes, and all 3 reasons.


OBTW: I copied this from the VIL thread. I believe it still applies.
My order of buying ships: ( just my opinion)
Light Sloop - given to ya.
Skip the other "Light" class ships.
First ship to buy: Regular frigate when you can. 5K isn't that much, and you can now carry 9 cargo.(Soon to be increased.) This ship will help you get sailing to level 15 faster than the regular Galleon or Sloop. Keep the light sloop for speed runs to other islands.
Second ship to buy: War Galleon as soon as you hit level 15 sail and have the gold. This is the ship you will use to earn the gold you need for anything else you want to buy. Keep the Frigate for small crew action, and the light sloop for speed runs. (Some people stop here. This is enough to keep them happy.)
Third ship to buy: War Frigate, when you can afford it. Sell the regular frigate in order to make space for it.
Last ship to buy: War Sloop. Sell the light sloop to make room.