Does Tacking skill work?

[Pirate Rose]

I don't know about this skill. I tested it with a friend on WG's. He had nothing in tacking, and I think I had 3 or 4. We tested from a stand still, and with open sails. Both times we turned at exactly the same rate.

Come about though is a skill I like using for turning.

[Steely Jim]

I wouldn't necessarily expect the ship to actually turn faster, just require less distance to make the turn.

It would be a little difficult to check without a proper distance measurement tool; but instead of turning faster, you should find that you've traveled a shorter distance from the starting point of the turn.

EDIT: Just to give a little different example, think of the ship turning 180-degrees as forming a capital "D." The curved segment is the ship turning, and the straight segment is the distance between where the turn started and where it ended. So, if someone with no Tacking makes that turn in 100-meters, then with Rank 3 Tacking I'm making that same turn and ending up 91-meters from where I started making the turn.

[Jack Seawalker]

not worth it in my opinion. im just use speed to my advantage outrunning juggernauts and hopping on to a cannon. I can take them pretty well only coming out with half damage on my sloop and getting 4 royals.