In this version: The sailing model is tuned to match historical performance, at least in low to moderate winds. Wind now affects the spars and hull, not just th...

Some quantitative historical sources: W. Froude, "The Resistance of Ships" https://archive.org/details/resistanceships00frougoog This records drag experiments o...

This project was started in 2011, under the working title "Fifth Rate", as a prototype to explore two things: how does sailing physics work; and what is a contr...